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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2006, 11:24 PM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 313 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KARX 250431
FFWARX
MNC039-109-250730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1124 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 1 HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. MORE
RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BYRON...CLAREMONT...
DODGE CENTER...DOVER...EYOTA...HAYFIELD AND KASSON.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS
FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS. WATER LEVELS AROUND AND ON ROADS...IN
RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS...WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH 1
AM.
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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT
DROWN.
LAT...LON 4385 9304 4419 9305 4419 9232 4410 9234
4410 9209 4385 9211 4385 9249
$$
BAUMGARDT3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KARX 250505
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1202 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
MNC039-109-250730-
DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
1202 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES...
AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR
WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING ISSUES ON ALREADY WET SOILS FROM THE EARLY
EVENING STORMS.
LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE
ROCHESTER...MANTORVILLE...DODGE CENTER...WEST
CONCORD...STEWARTVILLE...ORONOCO...KASSON AND HAYFIELD.
THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
RISES...SOUTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK OF THE ZUMBRO RIVER...DODGE CENTER
CREEK...HENSLIN CREEK...AND MASTIN CREEK.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4385 9304 4419 9305 4419 9232 4410 9234
4410 9209 4385 9211 4385 9249
$$
BAUMGARDT000
WGUS73 KARX 250615
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
115 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
MNC039-109-250730-
DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
115 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES...
AS OF 1 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER...WHICH
WAS A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP...IN THE TOWN OF DODGE CENTER. IN
ADDITION...BASEMENT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DODGE CENTER.
AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MOST OF THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD
MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE
ROCHESTER...MANTORVILLE...DODGE CENTER...WEST
CONCORD...STEWARTVILLE...ORONOCO...KASSON AND HAYFIELD.
THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
RISES...SOUTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK OF THE ZUMBRO RIVER...DODGE CENTER
CREEK...HENSLIN CREEK...AND MASTIN CREEK.
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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4385 9304 4419 9305 4419 9232 4410 9234
4410 9209 4385 9211 4385 9249
$$
THOMPSON000
WGUS73 KARX 250728
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
228 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
MNC039-109-250738-
DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
228 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
230 AM CDT...
THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4385 9304 4419 9305 4419 9232 4410 9234
4410 9209 4385 9211 4385 9249
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.