Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2011, 9:56 AM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2011, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 2:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Hawkins, WI | TWO COUNTY ROADS WERE WASHED OUT IN FAR EASTERN RUSK COUNTY DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING. ONE WAS ON PRICE ROAD, NORTH OF HAWKINS, AND ANOTHER WAS ON MIDWAY ROAD EAST OF HAWKINS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
337
WGUS53 KMPX 021456
FFWMPX
WIC005-107-022000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0013.110802T1456Z-110802T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
956 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...RICE LAKE...BARRON...BARRONETT...BRILL...BRUCE...
CAMERON...CANTON...COMSTOCK...CONRATH...CUMBERLAND...GLEN FLORA...
HAUGEN...HAWKINS...MIKANA...TONY...TURTLE LAKE AND WEYERHAEUSER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
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 4535 9216 4565 9215 4565 9093 4563 9067
4538 9067
$$1 follow-up statement
362
WGUS73 KMPX 021941
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
WIC005-107-021955-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110802T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-
241 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK AND NORTHERN
BARRON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND HEAVY
RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4535 9216 4565 9215 4565 9093 4563 9067
4538 9067
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 74 min |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 93 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.