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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 min
Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXEau Claire4 hr
Jun 8, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix61 min
Jun 8, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.