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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2005Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 9:07 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2005, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KARX 080210
FFWARX
MNC157-080500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
907 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED     
  THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
  WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ELGIN...KELLOGG...
  LAKE CITY...MAZEPPA...PLAINVIEW...WABASHA AND KRUGER CAMPGROUND.

SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODED FIELDS AND DITCHES RUNNING FULL IN THE 
PLAINVIEW AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL 
MOVE ACROSS WABASHA COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT
DROWN.

LAT...LON 4442 9210 4433 9194 4420 9186 4421 9207
      4411 9209 4412 9231 4420 9233 4420 9255
      4436 9254 4436 9245 4438 9242 4445 9242
      4445 9224

$$

RRS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KARX 080421
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1119 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNC157-080500-
WABASHA MN-
1119 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WABASHA
COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAZEPPA... 
ZUMBRO FALLS...MILLVILLE...HAMMOND...PIONEER CAMPGROUND...ZUMBRO 
BOTTOMS CAMPGROUND...KRUGER CAMPGROUND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST AND 
NORTH PARTS OF WABASHA COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

LAT...LON 4442 9210 4433 9194 4420 9186 4421 9207
      4411 9209 4412 9231 4420 9233 4420 9255
      4436 9254 4436 9245 4438 9242 4445 9242
      4445 9224

$$

RRS

000 
WGUS73 KARX 080444
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1143 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNC157-080500-
WABASHA MN-
1143 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WABASHA
COUNTY...

AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED 
AREA. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT MAZEPPA. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAZEPPA... 
ZUMBRO FALLS...MILLVILLE...HAMMOND...PIONEER CAMPGROUND...ZUMBRO 
BOTTOMS CAMPGROUND...KRUGER CAMPGROUND.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

LAT...LON 4441 9213 4433 9194 4420 9186 4421 9207
      4411 9209 4412 9231 4420 9233 4420 9255
      4436 9254 4436 9245 4438 9242 4445 9242
      4445 9224

$$

RRS

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha, Winona	57 min
Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	26 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	30 min
Jun 7, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	53 min
Jun 8, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	43 min
Jun 8, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	37 min
Jun 8, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	47 min
Jun 8, 5:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	38 min
Jun 8, 5:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Wabasha	3 hr
Jun 8, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	32 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.