Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. 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
- Jun 14, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 10:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322
WGUS53 KARX 150019
FFWARX
MNC157-150630-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0002.120615T0019Z-120615T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
719 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST TWO HOURS AND 1 TO 2 INCH
RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LAKE
CITY AND MAZEPPA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4440 9205
4424 9255 4436 9256
$$
DTJ2 follow-up statements
240
WGUS73 KARX 150156
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
856 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC157-150630-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120615T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA MN-
856 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WABASHA
COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT
HOUR...WITH RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LAKE
CITY AND MAZEPPA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4440 9205
4424 9255 4436 9256
$$
DTJ085
WGUS73 KARX 150347
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC157-150358-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120615T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA MN-
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WABASHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE
HAVE CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE
EARLIER HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND
CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4440 9205
4424 9255 4436 9256
$$
DTJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.