Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2007, 8:46 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2007, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2007, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Cochrane, WI | STREET FLOODING IN COCHRANE |
| Jul 22, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | Buffalo, WI | STREET FLOODING IN BUFFALO CITY |
| Jul 22, 9:23 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 5 W Mondovi, WI | PUBLIC REPORT OF MEASURED 5.0 INCHES OF RAIN THUS FAR. MANY REPORTS ACROSS NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY OF LOWLAND 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 230150
FFWARX
WIC011-230745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
846 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 846 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MODENA...MONDOVI...AS
WELL AS PRAAG..CREAM...GILMANTON. ALSO...THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR
FARRINGTON CREEK...WAUMANDEE CREEK...AND THE BUFFALO RIVER SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES IN THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN THROUGH 11
PM...AND THIS MAY ADD TO THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.
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.
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.
IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE
TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY
RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188
4459 9185
$$
BINAU3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KARX 230233
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
929 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
WIC011-230745-
BUFFALO WI-
929 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
BUFFALO COUNTY...
AT 923 PM CDT...A CITIZEN REPORT OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECEIVED 5
MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF MONDOVI. REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED
OF SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN BUFFALO CITY AND COCHRANE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONDOVI AND
MODENA...CREAM...PRAAG...GILMANTON. AREAS ALONG FARRINGTON
CREEK...THE BUFFALO RIVER...AND THE WAUMANDEE CREEK ARE ALSO AREAS
OF CONCERN.
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BECOME A LITTLE LESS ORGANIZED OVER
THE PAST HOUR...BUT MORE HEAVY RAIN AREAS WILL MOVE ACROSS BUFFALO
COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN...PERHAPS LOCALLY TWO
INCHES IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FOR THOSE AREAS ALREADY HAVING RECEIVED
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188
4459 9185
$$
BINAU000
WGUS73 KARX 230359
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
WIC011-230745-
BUFFALO WI-
1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
BUFFALO COUNTY...
AT 1050 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD
RAPIDLY MOVED OUT OF MUCH OF BUFFALO COUNTY. THERE WERE STILL A FEW
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY...BUT IT APPEARS
THE CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS HAS ENDED FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT...AND THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS DIMINISHING.
HOWEVER...REPORTS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN WEST OF MONDOVI...SUGGESTS
THAT WATER IS STILL LIKELY DRAINING OUT OF THE SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...AND SOME RIVERS MAY STILL BE ON THE RISE...AND SOME
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE UNDERWATER.
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED ACROSS BUFFALO
COUNTY...THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBANIZED
FLOODING....AND FLOODING IN LOWLAND AREAS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. IF
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FAILS TO REDEVELOP BY
MIDNIGHT...AND NO FLOODING REPORTS ARE RECEIVED...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG FARRINGTON
CREEK...WAUMANDEE CREEK...AND THE BUFFALO RIVER.
FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS IS
STILL POSSIBLE...DESPITE STORMS HAVING ENDED FOR THE MOST PART. THE
HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO
AVOID THESE HAZARDS.
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.
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 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188
4459 9185
$$
BINAU000
WGUS73 KARX 230427
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1127 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
WIC011-230437-
BUFFALO WI-
1127 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN BUFFALO
COUNTY...
WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
COUNTY THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL
RAINS HAS ENDED. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINSHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED..
PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND
TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4459 9156 4407 9161 4414 9175 4425 9188
4459 9185
$$
BINAUNearby
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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.