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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2011, 10:16 AM CDT for Price County, Sawyer County, Wisconsin. 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
- Aug 2, 2011, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 4:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
791
WGUS53 KDLH 021516
FFWDLH
WIC099-113-022130-
/O.NEW.KDLH.FF.W.0013.110802T1516Z-110802T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1016 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PRICE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SAWYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAYWARD...PARK FALLS...BRANTWOOD...CATAWBA...CHIEF LAKE...
COUDERAY...EDGEWATER...EXELAND...FIFIELD...KENNAN...LITTLE ROUND
LAKE...LORETTA...NEW POST...NORTHWOODS BEACH...OGEMA...OJIBWA...
PHILLIPS...PRENTICE...RADISSON...RESERVE...SPIRIT AND WINTER.
COUNTY ROAD H HAS BEEN CLOSED IN SAWYER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DULUTH
MN.
&&
LAT...LON 4540 9069 4563 9070 4563 9144 4565 9152
4609 9153 4605 9093 4598 9091 4598 9003
4539 9003
$$
CANNON1 follow-up statement
601
WGUS73 KDLH 022108
FFSDLH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
408 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
WIC099-113-022122-
/O.CAN.KDLH.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110802T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAWYER WI-PRICE WI-
408 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PRICE AND SAWYER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4540 9069 4563 9070 4563 9144 4565 9152
4609 9153 4605 9093 4598 9091 4598 9003
4539 9003
$$
GOHDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas, Sawyer | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron, Price, Sawyer | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Burnett, Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price, Sawyer | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DLH | Douglas | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DLH | Douglas | 48 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.