Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2005, 8:30 AM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Oct 4, 2005, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 9:39 AM CDT | FLOOD | Rice Lake, WI | TWO FEET OF WATER OVER SOME ROADS. |
| Oct 4, 9:40 AM CDT | FLOOD | Ladysmith, WI | STREET FLOODING. |
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 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 041334 FFWMPX WIC005-107-041630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 830 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 830 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHANHASSEN CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD EXCEED OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMSTOCK...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALMENA...BARRON... BRUCE...CAMERON...CONRATH...CUMBERLAND AND HAUGEN. 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 4529 9207 4535 9091 4562 9091 4563 9211 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 041453 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 952 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 WIC005-107-041630- BARRON WI-RUSK WI- 952 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR RUSK AND BARRON COUNTIES... AT 950 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR NEAR CITIES OF RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AS OF 930 AM WERE AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING. AT 939 AM...A LOCAL LAW OFFICIAL IN RICE LAKE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS IN TOWN UNDER WATER. STREET CREWS WERE NOT TRYING TO ABATE THE SITUATION BY REMOVING DEBRIS AND LEAVES FROM STORM DRAINS. SOME FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE LADYSMITH AREA AS WELL...NEAR EAST 2ND AVENUE AND ADAMS AVENUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BARRON...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4529 9207 4535 9091 4562 9091 4563 9211 $$
000 WGUS73 KMPX 041547 CCA FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1046 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 WIC005-107-041630- BARRON WI-RUSK WI- 952 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR RUSK AND BARRON COUNTIES... AT 950 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR NEAR CITIES OF RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AS OF 930 AM WERE AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING. AT 939 AM...A LOCAL LAW OFFICIAL IN RICE LAKE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS IN TOWN UNDER WATER. STREET CREWS WERE TRYING TO ABATE THE SITUATION BY REMOVING DEBRIS AND LEAVES FROM STORM DRAINS. SOME FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE LADYSMITH AREA AS WELL...NEAR EAST 2ND AVENUE AND ADAMS AVENUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BARRON...RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH. 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 4529 9207 4535 9091 4562 9091 4563 9211 $$
000 WGUS73 KMPX 041625 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1125 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 WIC005-107-041632- BARRON WI-RUSK WI- 1125 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUSK AND BARRON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUSK AND BARRON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISH MOMENTARILY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND COULD PRODUCE SOME MORE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4529 9207 4535 9091 4562 9091 4563 9211 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 27 min |
| Oct 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.