Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2005, 8:29 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2005, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W River Falls, WI | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD F AND COUNTY ROAD M IN PIERCE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 090129 FFWMPX WIC093-109-090330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 829 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 829 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES WEST OF RIVER FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.. EXPECT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RIVER FALLS AND BELDENVILLE. 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. LAT...LON 4476 9276 4476 9256 4493 9256 4493 9274 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 090203 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 901 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 WIC093-109-090330- ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 901 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PIERCE AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES... AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES WEST OF RIVER FALLS...WHICH WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHWEST ST. CROIX COUNTY AND NORTHWEST PIERCE COUNTY. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO MEASURED AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL NEAR RIVER FALLS. FLOODED STREETS AND ROADWAYS WERE REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF RIVER FALLS...AS WELL AS WEST OF RIVER FALLS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. EXPECT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4476 9276 4476 9256 4493 9256 4493 9274 $$ KAT
000 WGUS73 KMPX 090250 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 WIC093-109-090300- ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIERCE AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIERCE AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. LAT...LON 4476 9276 4476 9256 4493 9256 4493 9274 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.