Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2007, 2:01 AM CDT for Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2007, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 140701
FFWARX
WIC081-123-141000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
201 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT
* AT 201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS OVER THIS AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CASHTON...COON
VALLEY...FORT MC COY...HILLSBORO...LA FARGE...SPARTA AND STODDARD.
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.
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 4402 9031 4356 9031 4356 9067 4342 9067
4343 9121 4372 9125 4372 9091 4402 9091
$$
MW2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KARX 140755
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
255 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007
WIC081-123-141000-
MONROE WI-VERNON WI-
255 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
VERNON AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MAINLY
SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOMAH...
SPARTA...FORT MC COY...COON VALLEY AND CASHTON. SOME CREEKS AND
RIVERS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING...THE LITTLE LA CROSSE RIVER...BRUSH
CREEK...MOORE CREEK...BILLINGS CREEK...AND THE KICKAPOO RIVER.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THERE
HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANY REPORTS...MUDSLIDES AND HIGH WATER REMAIN
POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND
TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4402 9031 4356 9031 4356 9067 4342 9067
4343 9121 4372 9125 4372 9091 4402 9091
$$
MW000
WGUS73 KARX 140856
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
355 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007
WIC081-123-140903-
MONROE WI-VERNON WI-
355 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VERNON AND SOUTHERN
MONROE COUNTIES...
THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED..
TO CALL YOUR FLOODING REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 2 1 8 9 4.
LAT...LON 4402 9031 4356 9031 4356 9067 4342 9067
4343 9121 4372 9125 4372 9091 4402 9091
$$
MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.