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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 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, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 080131
FFWMPX
WIC035-080530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF EAU CLAIRE COUNTY.   
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLOW MOVING AND PRODUCE    
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALTOONA...AUGUSTA...
  EAU CLAIRE...FALL CREEK...ALLEN...BRACKETT AND FOSTER.

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 4483 9164 4461 9164 4462 9102 4484 9100

$$
RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KMPX 080520
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1220 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

WIC035-080530-
EAU CLAIRE WI-
1220 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 
AM CDT...

AS OF 1215 AM CDT...EAU CLAIRE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
STATE THAT THERE WERE NO MORE REPORTS OF FLOODING AROUND EAU CLAIRE 
COUNTY.  FURTHERMORE...INTERSECTIONS AROUND EAU CLAIRE WERE NO 
LONGER FLOODED.  THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1230 AM.

LAT...LON 4483 9164 4461 9164 4462 9102 4484 9100

$$

TDK

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, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn5 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.