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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2005, 6:15 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2005, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fillmore County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KARX 251118 FFWARX MNC045-251415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 615 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 915 AM CDT * AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ESTIMATED THAT 6.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS AND CREEKS ARE RISING QUICKLY IN BRISTOL...IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY. PUBLIC REPORTED THAT 3.31 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SPRING VALLEY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANTON...CHATFIELD... FOUNTAIN...HARMONY...LANESBORO...MABEL AND PRESTON. 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 4384 9174 4351 9173 4351 9244 4384 9244 $$ SCHRECK
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KARX 251144 FFSARX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 638 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC045-251415- FILLMORE MN- 638 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY... AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STALLED ACROSS FILLMORE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SPRING VALLEY MINNESOTA. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN SO FAR INCLUDE THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AND WILLOW CREEK NEAR BRISTOL...CANFIELD CREEK NEAR CHERRY GROVE...AND PINE CREEK...DEER CREEK AND COLDWATER CREEK NEAR HARMONY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLD BARN CAMPGROUND...WYKOFF... SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...LANESBORO...FOUNTAIN AND CHATFIELD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4384 9174 4351 9173 4351 9244 4384 9244 $$ SCHRECK
000 WGUS73 KARX 251210 FFSARX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 707 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC045-251415- FILLMORE MN- 707 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY... AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STALLED ACROSS FILLMORE COUNTY. THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS WAS ON A DECREASING TREND. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE HARMONY AREA. NUMEROUS TOWNSHIP ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT IN THE HARMONY AND PRESTON AREAS. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN SO FAR INCLUDE THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AND WILLOW CREEK NEAR BRISTOL...CANFIELD CREEK NEAR CHERRY GROVE...AND PINE CREEK...DEER CREEK AND COLDWATER CREEK NEAR HARMONY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLD BARN CAMPGROUND...WYKOFF... SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...LANESBORO...FOUNTAIN AND CHATFIELD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4384 9174 4351 9173 4351 9244 4384 9244 $$ SCHRECK
000 WGUS73 KARX 251252 FFSARX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 748 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC045-251415- FILLMORE MN- 748 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY... AT 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STALLED ACROSS FILLMORE COUNTY. RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST HOUR...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS TOWNSHIP ROADS REMAIN WASHED OUT...BUT WATER LEVELS ARE STARTING TO GO DOWN. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN SO FAR INCLUDE THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AND WILLOW CREEK NEAR BRISTOL...CANFIELD CREEK NEAR CHERRY GROVE...AND PINE CREEK...DEER CREEK AND COLDWATER CREEK NEAR HARMONY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLD BARN CAMPGROUND...WYKOFF... SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...LANESBORO...FOUNTAIN AND CHATFIELD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4384 9174 4351 9173 4351 9244 4384 9244 $$ SCHRECK
000 WGUS73 KARX 251402 FFSARX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 858 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC045-251408- FILLMORE MN- 858 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FILLMORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ALL ROADS ARE OPEN IN THE COUNTY AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. EARLIER THIS MORNING...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT TOWNSHIP ROADS IN THE HARMONY AND PRESTON AREAS WERE WASHED OUT. LOCAL ROADS COULD STILL BE WASHED OUT...SO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4384 9174 4351 9173 4351 9244 4384 9244 $$ SCHRECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 49 min |
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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.