Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT for Iowa 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Iowa County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMKX 040056 FFWMKX WIC049-040400- /X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0008.070704T0053Z-070704T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 753 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER IOWA COUNTY AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED UPSTREAM FROM IOWA COUNTY TO THE LA CROSSE AREA AS WELL AS FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR REPEATED TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER IOWA COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARNEVELD...DODGEVILLE AND HOLLANDALE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS... RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. LAT...LON 4285 9038 4285 8986 4315 8985 4317 9042 $$ MBK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 040142 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 836 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 WIC049-040400- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070704T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IOWA- 836 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR IOWA COUNTY... AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM IOWA COUNTY AROUND DODGEVILLE AND MINERAL POINT...WEST TO AROUND CALEDONIA MINNESOTA AND DECORAH IOWA. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 730 PM THIS EVENING. AUTOMATED RAIN MEASURING EQUIPMENT IN DODGEVILLE REPORTED 1.29 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF IOWA COUNTY THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR IOWA COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 4285 9038 4285 8986 4315 8985 4317 9042 $$ MBK
000 WGUS73 KMKX 040317 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1015 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 WIC049-040330- /X.CAN.KMKX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070704T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IOWA- 1015 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR IOWA COUNTY... ALTHOUGH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACCOMPANIED SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS BETWEEN 730 PM AND 1010 PM...NO FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN IOWA COUNTY BASED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS. NWS DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO INCHES FELL BETWEEN 730 PM AND 1010 PM IN A WIDE BAND FROM AVOCA TO THE MINERAL POINT AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROAD SIDE DITCHES OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. NWS DOPPLER ALSO INDICATED THAT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN JUST NORTH OF MINERAL POINT AND JUST NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 18 IN THE MONFORT AREA. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORM THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER IOWA COUNTY WILL DUMP AN ADDITIONAL 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. IT MAY BE THAT THE DRY GROUND ABSORBED MUCH OF THE RAINFALL THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 4285 9038 4285 8986 4315 8985 4317 9042 $$ KAPELA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Iowa | 93 min |
| Jul 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 90 min |
| Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 71 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.