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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 2010Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2010, 4:54 AM CDT for Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Pepin 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
Aug 13, 2010, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3684 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2010-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

637 
WGUS53 KMPX 130954
FFWMPX
WIC033-035-091-131300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0020.100813T0954Z-100813T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
454 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 453 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.        
  RAINFALL RATES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DURAND...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA...ARKANSAW...BRACKETT...CARYVILLE...
  EAU GALLE...ELLA...FAIRCHILD...FALL CREEK...FOSTER...LUDINGTON...
  PORCUPINE AND ROCK FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9201 4446 9206 4445 9210 4489 9213
      4488 9165 4486 9164 4485 9094 4466 9091
      4459 9092

$$

BAP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk46 min
Aug 12, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk54 min
Aug 12, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk55 min
Aug 12, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk63 min
Aug 13, 3:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPepin, Pierce, Saint Croix3 hr
Aug 13, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce, Saint Croix64 min
Aug 13, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin57 min
Aug 13, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce, Saint Croix67 min
Aug 13, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin66 min
Aug 13, 9:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBuffalo, Pepin4 days
Aug 13, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix29 min
Aug 13, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix55 min
Aug 13, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix54 min
Aug 13, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn, Pierce, Rusk, Saint Croix53 min

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.