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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 7:42 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 7, 2005, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 080045 FFWMPX WIC017-033-080545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 742 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 742 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMER...BOYD... CADOTT...CHIPPEWA FALLS...COLFAX...CORNELL AND ELK MOUND. 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. LAT...LON 4509 9202 4486 9191 4488 9102 4524 9110 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 080126 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 822 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC017-033-080545- CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI- 822 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES... AT 750 PM...A SPOTTER REPORTED WATER RUSHING ACROSS HIGHWAY 64...2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAND CREEK IN NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED CLOSE TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THAT LOCATION IN THE PAST 4 HOURS. AT 750 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD 5 MILES WEST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE PRODUCED BY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4509 9202 4486 9191 4488 9102 4524 9110 $$ RJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 55 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.