Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2013, 11:59 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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
- Oct 4, 2013, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 12:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Austin, MN | UNDERPASS FLOODED ALONG OAKLAND AVE AT 10TH IN AUSTIN |
| Oct 5, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.06 | 2 Ne Austin, MN | |
| Oct 5, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.11 | Fillmore, MN | |
| Oct 5, 1:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.51 | Fillmore, MN |
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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179
WGUS53 KARX 050459
FFWARX
MNC045-099-051100-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0039.131005T0459Z-131005T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1159 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN...AND UP TO ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 1 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ADAMS...BROWNSDALE...CHATFIELD...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...
LYLE...ROSE CREEK...SPRING VALLEY AND WYKOFF.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9269 4383 9245 4385 9245 4384 9208
4350 9246 4349 9304 4379 9306
$$
MW3 follow-up statements
353
WGUS73 KARX 050610
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
110 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
MNC045-099-051100-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131005T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN-
110 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOWER AND NORTHWESTERN
FILLMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...
AT 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA. AT 1215
AM...THE MOWER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE UNDERPASS
WAS FLOODED ALONG OAKLAND AVE NEAR 10TH STREET DUE TO RUNOFF FROM
THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
AS OF 1 AM...BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 2.61 INCHES
WAS REPORTED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF AUSTIN...WITH 2.46 AT CARIMONA
NEAR PRESTON. EARLIER...PRESTON REPORTED 3.48 INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ADAMS...BROWNSDALE...CHATFIELD...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...
LYLE...ROSE CREEK...SPRING VALLEY AND WYKOFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9269 4383 9245 4385 9245 4384 9208
4350 9246 4349 9304 4379 9306
$$
MW414
WGUS73 KARX 050656
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
156 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
MNC045-099-051100-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131005T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN-
156 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOWER AND NORTHWESTERN
FILLMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...
AT 153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
THE RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. BUT NOT BEFORE DROPPING BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AS OF 130 AM...4.51 INCHES OF RAIN WAS
REPORTED BY AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT IN FILLMORE...WITH 2.60 INCHES NEAR
PILOT MOUND AND NEARLY 2.50 INCHES ON THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ADAMS...BROWNSDALE...CHATFIELD...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...
LYLE...ROSE CREEK...SPRING VALLEY AND WYKOFF.
AT 1215 AM...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN AUSTIN...WITH A FLOODED
UNDERPASS ALONG OAKLAND AVENUE NEAR 10TH STREET.
CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE RISING QUICKLY IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. MONITOR
RIVER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9269 4383 9245 4385 9245 4384 9208
4350 9246 4349 9304 4379 9306
$$
MW876
WGUS73 KARX 050837
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
337 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
MNC045-099-051100-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131005T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN-
337 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MOWER AND
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...
AT 332 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. BUT THERE ARE LIKELY
STILL SOME AREAS THAT ARE HAVING SOME FLOODING CONCERNS.
SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DEER CREEK...BEAR CREEK...SPRING VALLEY CREEK...AND BOTH THE SOUTH
BRANCH AND MIDDLE BRANCH OF THE ROOT RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9280 4380 9265 4383 9246 4383 9245
4385 9245 4385 9243 4384 9215 4384 9209
4350 9246 4350 9250
$$
MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 25 min |
| Oct 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 6 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.