Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2008, 2:01 AM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 8, 2008, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KARX 080704
FFWARX
MNC099-080730-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0013.080608T0701Z-080608T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
204 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AUSTIN...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE AREA. THIS IS LIKELY TO
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
AUSTIN...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...AND BROWNSDALE. SOME CREEKS AND
RIVERS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE CEDAR AND LITTLE CEDAR
RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...WOODBURY CREEK...OTTER CREEK...AND
THE HEADWATERS OF THE SOUTH BRANCH ROOT RIVER.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
LAT...LON 4385 9306 4384 9269 4383 9269 4383 9246
4350 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9277
$$
MW3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS53 KARX 080707 CCA
FFWARX
MNC099-081330-
/O.EXT.KARX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080608T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
206 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AUSTIN...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE AREA. THIS IS LIKELY TO
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
AUSTIN...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...AND BROWNSDALE. SOME CREEKS AND
RIVERS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE CEDAR AND LITTLE CEDAR
RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...WOODBURY CREEK...OTTER CREEK...AND
THE HEADWATERS OF THE SOUTH BRANCH ROOT RIVER.
THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. THE
EXPIRATION TIME WAS IN ERROR.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
LAT...LON 4385 9306 4384 9269 4383 9269 4383 9246
4350 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9277
$$
MW000
WGUS73 KARX 080903
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
403 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MNC099-081330-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080608T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-
403 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR MOWER
COUNTY...
AT 402 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO
SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MOWER
COUNTY. LE ROY HAS RECEIVED 4.07 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SATURDAY
MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF AN AUSTIN TO GRAND MEADOW LINE.
LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE
AUSTIN...ROSE CREEK...LYLE...LE ROY...GRAND MEADOW...BROWNSDALE AND
ADAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
LAT...LON 4385 9306 4384 9269 4383 9269 4383 9246
4350 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9277
$$
BOYNE000
WGUS73 KARX 081131
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
625 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MNC099-081330-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080608T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-
630 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR MOWER
COUNTY...
AT 625 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
MOWER COUNTY. LE ROY HAS RECEIVED 3.18 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT
AND 5.02 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING. THE GRAND MEADOW
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED 3.65 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 AM
SATURDAY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF AN AUSTIN TO GRAND MEADOW LINE.
AT 625 PM...THE MOWER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE
LE ROY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SAND BAGGING ALONG THE UPPER IOWA RIVER.
IN ADDITION...COUNTY ROAD 11 NORTH OF LE ROY IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE ROSE
CREEK...LYLE...LE ROY...GRAND MEADOW...AND ADAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
LAT...LON 4385 9306 4384 9269 4383 9269 4383 9246
4350 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9277
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 34 hr |
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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.