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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 29, 20138 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood watch at May 29, 2013, 11:44 AM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 29, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2013, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT
Expired
May 30, 2013, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity
None
All 24 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

507 
WGUS63 KARX 291644
FFAARX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1144 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD THREAT CLIMBS...

.THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATER TODAY AND
COULD BRING ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WELL INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
COMBINED WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS LEFT RIVERS HIGH AND
GROUND WELL SATURATED...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD LEAD TO RAPID
RUN OFF AND FLASH FLOODING.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO...
ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IF
THAT HAPPENS...RIVERS WILL RISE QUICKLY...ROADS COULD BE UNDER
WATER AND CLOSED...AND URBAN STYLE FLOODING WILL BE COMMON.

TONIGHT...UNDER DARKNESS...THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
WORSE WHEN PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER. STAY ON HIGH
GROUND AND HEED ALL WARNINGS IF ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR ON THURSDAY.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ094-095-300045-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.A.0003.130530T0000Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...
OELWEIN...AUSTIN
1144 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND SOUTHEAST 
  MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA... 
  CHICKASAW...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND 
  WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...FILLMORE AND MOWER. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH COULD FLOOD
  SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS
  MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

SHEA/DAS
10 follow-up statements
865 
WGUS63 KARX 292043
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
343 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...INCREASED FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.8 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
REPORTED FROM THIS ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THESE RAINS
COMBINED WITH RAINS OF THE PAST WEEK TO 10 DAYS HAVE LEFT RIVERS
AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH AND GROUND WELL SATURATED. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND
FLASH FLOODING.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO...
ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
IF THAT HAPPENS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE QUICKLY...ROADS
COULD BE UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT...AND URBAN STYLE FLOODING
WILL BE COMMON.

TONIGHT...UNDER DARKNESS...THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
WORSE WHEN PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER. STAY ON HIGH
GROUND AND HEED ALL WARNINGS IF ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR ON
THURSDAY.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ094-095-300445-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0003.130530T0000Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...
OELWEIN...AUSTIN
343 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FAYETTE...FLOYD...
  HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST
  MINNESOTA... FILLMORE AND MOWER COUNTIES.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH COULD FLOOD
  SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
704 
WGUS63 KARX 292123
FFAARX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
423 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...INCREASED FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST IOWA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

.ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND MOVING SLOWLY TO THE
EAST...INCREASING THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...
RAINS FROM THE PAST WEEK TO 10 DAYS HAVE LEFT RIVERS AND STREAMS
RUNNING HIGH AND GROUND WELL SATURATED. MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH
FLOODING.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING. IF THAT
OCCURS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE QUICKLY...ROADS COULD BE
UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT...BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND URBAN
STYLE FLOODING WILL BE COMMON.

TONIGHT...UNDER DARKNESS...THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
WORSE WHEN PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER. STAY ON HIGH
GROUND AND HEED ALL WARNINGS IF ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR ON
THURSDAY.

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-300530-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAUKON
423 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND 
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE AND CLAYTON. IN SOUTHEAST 
  MINNESOTA...HOUSTON. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ094-095-300530-
/O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0003.130529T2123Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...
OELWEIN...AUSTIN
423 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FAYETTE...FLOYD... 
  HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... 
  FILLMORE AND MOWER. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

AJ
839 
WGUS63 KARX 292344
FFAARX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
644 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...INCREASED FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...

.ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...INCREASING THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING.
ADDITIONALLY...RAINS FROM THE PAST WEEK TO 10 DAYS HAVE LEFT
RIVERS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH AND GROUND WELL SATURATED. MORE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH
FLOODING.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING. IF THAT
OCCURS...STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE QUICKLY...ROADS COULD BE
UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT...BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND URBAN
STYLE FLOODING WILL BE COMMON.

TONIGHT...UNDER DARKNESS...THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
WORSE WHEN PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER. STAY ON HIGH
GROUND AND HEED ALL WARNINGS IF ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR ON
THURSDAY.

WIZ053>055-061-300745-
/O.EXA.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
644 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST 
  WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CRAWFORD...GRANT...
   RICHLAND AND VERNON. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  THURSDAY...EACH ONE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-300745-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN
644 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON... 
  FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...FILLMORE...HOUSTON AND MOWER. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  THURSDAY...EACH ONE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

AJ
738 
WGUS63 KARX 300247
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
947 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RISES ON RIVERS. MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...INCREASING THE
CONCERN FOR BOTH FLASH FLOODING AND AREAL FLOODING. 

IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER WATER OR
WASHED OUT...BASEMENTS SEEING WATER AS WELL AS RIVERS AND STREAMS WELL
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER. STAY
ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT ARE ISSUED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-301100-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
947 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST 
  WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA... 
  ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD... 
  MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...FILLMORE... 
  HOUSTON AND MOWER. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT...
   RICHLAND AND VERNON. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
  THURSDAY...EACH ONE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. 

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

AJ
987 
WGUS63 KARX 300831
FFAARX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
331 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLOODING ON GOING...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT...

.HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1
TO 4 INCHES. ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WAS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA.
HEAVY RAINFALL THERE LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND MANY RIVERS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS...OR SOON TO BE.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO
AREA WATERWAYS...EXACERBATING THE CURRENT FLOODING...OR RESULTING IN
FLOODING ON OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WITH BE A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

OTHER IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER
WATER OR WASHED OUT...MUDSLIDES...AND WATER IN BASEMENTS.

DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER OR
SEE WASHED OUT ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT ARE
ISSUED.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ032>034-041-042-301630-
/O.EXB.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH
331 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA 
  AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 
  IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. 
  IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUFFALO...JACKSON...LA CROSSE... 
  MONROE AND TREMPEALEAU. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT...EACH
  ONE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-301630-
/O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
331 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST 
  WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA... 
  ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD... 
  MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...FILLMORE... 
  HOUSTON AND MOWER. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT...
   RICHLAND AND VERNON. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
  THURSDAY...EACH ONE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. 

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

RIECK
166 
WGUS63 KARX 301514
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1014 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SOME FLOODING CONTINUES...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... 
WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WAS PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND NEARBY AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL THERE LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING AND MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS RISING OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAINS OVER PORTIONS OF FAYETTE
AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS
AND RIVERS. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING...OR RESULT
IN NEW OR RENEWED FLOODING ON OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS. FLASH
FLOODING WITH BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

OTHER IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER
WATER OR WASHED OUT...MUDSLIDES...AND WATER IN BASEMENTS.

DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER OR
SEE WASHED OUT ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT
ARE ISSUED.

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BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1014 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...ALLAMAKEE... 
  CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND 
  WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE... 
  HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...
   BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE... 
  RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HEAVY RAINS.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
937 
WGUS63 KARX 301600
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1100 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SOME FLOODING CONTINUES...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WAS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND NEARBY AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL THERE
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS RISING OUT OF
THEIR BANKS. MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAINS OVER PORTIONS OF
FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS
AND RIVERS. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING...OR RESULT
IN NEW OR RENEWED FLOODING ON OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS. FLASH
FLOODING WITH BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

OTHER IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER
WATER OR WASHED OUT...MUDSLIDES...AND WATER IN BASEMENTS.

DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER OR
SEE WASHED OUT ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT
ARE ISSUED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041-
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BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1100 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...ALLAMAKEE... 
  CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND 
  WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE... 
  HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...
   BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE... 
  RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS 
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HEAVY RAINS. 

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER IF THE
  EXPECTED RAINFALL MATERIALIZES. THE RIVER COULD RISE TO NEAR 14
  FEET AT VIOLA...WHICH IS RIGHT AT FLOOD STAGE. AT READSTOWN THE
  RIVER COULD REACH 12 FEET. AT SOLDIERS GROVE THE RIVER COULD
  REACH 13.5 FEET. AT GAYS MILLS THE RIVER COULD REACH 14 FEET.
  AND AT STEUBEN THE RIVER COULD REACH BETWEEN 12 AND 12.5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

RRS/MW
052 
WGUS63 KARX 302036
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
336 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WAS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND NEARBY AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL THERE
LED TO FLASH FLOODING AND MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS RISING OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE
RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS...FURTHER EXACERBATING ANY
ONGOING FLOODING OR INITIATE NEW FLASH FLOODING. THESE REPEATED
ROUNDS WILL MAKE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MORE SERIOUS AND A VERY
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. 

OTHER IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER
WATER OR WASHED OUT...MUDSLIDES...AND WATER IN BASEMENTS.

DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER OR
SEE WASHED OUT ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT
ARE ISSUED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041-
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MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
336 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...ALLAMAKEE... 
  CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND 
  WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE... 
  HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...
   BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE... 
  RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. 

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY

* ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS 
  EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HEAVY RAINS. 

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER IF THE
  EXPECTED RAINFALL MATERIALIZES. THE RIVER COULD RISE TO NEAR 14
  FEET AT VIOLA...WHICH IS RIGHT AT FLOOD STAGE. AT READSTOWN THE
  RIVER COULD REACH 12 FEET. AT SOLDIERS GROVE THE RIVER COULD
  REACH 13.5 FEET. AT GAYS MILLS THE RIVER COULD REACH 14 FEET.
  AND AT STEUBEN THE RIVER COULD REACH BETWEEN 12 AND 12.5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

ZT
673 
WGUS63 KARX 302326
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
626 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

.HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WAS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND NEARBY AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL THERE
LED TO FLASH FLOODING AND MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS RISING OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIFTING THROUGH THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION...MAINLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY
52...COULD BRING UP TO ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS...
FURTHER EXACERBATING ANY ONGOING FLOODING OR INITIATE NEW FLASH
FLOODING.

OTHER IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING COULD RANGE FROM ROADS UNDER
WATER OR WASHED OUT...MUDSLIDES...AND WATER IN BASEMENTS.

DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...BE AWARE THAT THE DANGERS OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE WORSE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIGH WATER OR
SEE WASHED OUT ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND AND HEED WARNINGS THAT
ARE ISSUED.

IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-310030-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130531T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
626 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
IOWA... FLOYD...MITCHELL...HOWARD AND CHICKASAW. AND IN
MINNESOTA THE COUNTIES OF WABASHA...DODGE...OLMSTED...MOWER AND
FILLMORE. WITH THE RAIN OVER...THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS
DIMINISHED.

$$

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
626 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND 
  WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST 
  IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON...FAYETTE AND WINNESHIEK. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...HOUSTON AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN... 
  BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE... 
  RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. 

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY

* ANOTHER ROUND OF HOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS
  EVENING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY...WHICH MAY FLOOD OR WASH 
  OUT SECONDARY ROADS. BASEMENTS COULD SEE WATER AND STORM SEWER 
  SYSTEMS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN RATES. TRAVEL 
  DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS. 

* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER IF THE
  EXPECTED RAINFALL MATERIALIZES. THE RIVER COULD RISE TO NEAR 14
  FEET AT VIOLA...WHICH IS RIGHT AT FLOOD STAGE. AT READSTOWN THE
  RIVER COULD REACH 12 FEET. AT SOLDIERS GROVE THE RIVER COULD
  REACH 13.5 FEET. AT GAYS MILLS THE RIVER COULD REACH 14 FEET.
  AND AT STEUBEN THE RIVER COULD REACH BETWEEN 12 AND 12.5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

AJ
983 
WGUS63 KARX 310035
FFAARX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
735 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...

.A QUICK MOVING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIFTED
THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...THE CLUSTER IS QUICKLY WEAKENING...ALLOWING
RAINFALL RATES TO DECREASE AND THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING. WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED FOR THE
REST OF THE EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THIS CLUSTER...THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ032>034-041-042-053>055-061-
310145-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
735 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUICKLY WEAKENING ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY REGION...ALLOWING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO
END. ADDITIONALLY...THE RESPONSE ON THE KICKAPOO RIVER FROM RECENT
RAINS HAS BEEN LESS THAN EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE RISING RIVER
LEVELS ON THE KICKAPOO LOOK TO STAY MAINLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

$$

AJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 29, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
600 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 356 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUED TO SHOW A MESSY PATTERN ACROSS
THE CONUS. A LEADING SHORTWAVE...RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING SOME
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TO THE AREA YESTERDAY...WAS MOVING ACROSS
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN/EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. TWO MAIN SHORTWAVES
NOTED...ONE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA AND ANOTHER MOVING
ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS/WESTERN OKLAHOMA. A TROUGH WAS DIGGING INTO
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/FOUR CORNERS REGION...ATTEMPTING TO EDGE EAST
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A WARM FRONT
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN NEBRASKA NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN IOWA
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH TODAY AS THE TROUGH EJECTS
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES NORTHWARD AND A
SHORTWAVE LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW MUCH INSTABILITY BUILDS
ALONG THE FRONT. THE NAM SUGGESTS 0-3 KM MUCAPE VALUES CLIMB INTO
THE 1500 TO 2000 J/KG RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM...MOIST AIR
SURGES NORTHWARD. THIS SEEMS A BIT AGGRESSIVE GIVEN THE ABUNDANT
CLOUD COVER IN PLACE. ALSO...THE NAM SURFACE DEWPOINTS CLIMB TO
AROUND 70. THE RUC SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE ALSO WAY TOO HIGH
TODAY...WITH DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE MID 70S. LOWER TO MID 60S
DEW POINTS ARE MUCH MORE REALISTIC...SO THINKING SURFACE BASED
CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 1000 J/KG IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...BUT
WITH ONLY WEAK 0-6 KM SHEAR. CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM BUT OVERALL PROBABILITIES APPEAR LOW AT LEAST THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON AREAS WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHEN THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES THIS
EVENING AND 0-1KM SHEAR RAMPS UP. IF STORMS ARE SURFACE BASED OVER
THESE AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO MAINLY WEST OF A LAKE CITY...TO HARMONY TO OELWEIN LINE.
WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN...CENTERED AROUND 850 MB...AND SHOULD
EFFECTIVELY CAP THE ATMOSPHERE FOR FURTHER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
AT LEAST UNTIL 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT KICKS IN LATE THIS
EVENING. SHEAR IS RATHER WEAK...UNTIL THE LOW LEVEL JET GETS GOING
THIS EVENING AND FOCUSES INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA/SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING THROUGH THE DAY
AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER
70S. A FEW LOWER TO MID 80S ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE WARM FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. 850 MB
MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS INITIALLY FOCUSES WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA
EARLY IN THE EVENING BUT THEN SHIFT EAST INTO THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY
CLOSE WATCH ON HOW THIS MOISTURE TRANSPORT EVOLVES
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT
THIS TIME...THINKING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH INTO AREAS WEST
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BEFORE SUNRISE ON THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 356 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

ACTIVE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. SEVERAL EMBEDDED
SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY WITH BROAD
MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND LIFT OVER THE REGION. A STRONGER WAVE MOVES
IN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH SHOWERS
AND STORM PERSISTING. INSTABILITY IS NOT ALL THAT
IMPRESSIVE...GENERALLY IN THE 500 TO 1000 J/KG RANGE. 0-6 KM SHEAR
LOOKS TO HOVER IN THE 30 TO 40 KT RANGE SO CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE REPEATED ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER
THE AREA WILL INCREASE FLOODING CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE TROUGH FINALLY CLOSES INTO AN UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. DESPITE THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA
ON THURSDAY...THE WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES
TO WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO DRIFT
SOUTHEAST LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE
PUSHES THROUGH THE PLAINS AND LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER AND
MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AS THIS WAVE MOVES IN ON FRIDAY 0-6
KM BULK SHEAR REALLY RAMPS UP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...45 TO 55 KTS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...A BOUNDARY PUSHES
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING PUSHING
THE BEST INSTABILITY JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA..ACROSS
PORTIONS OF FAR EASTERN IOWA THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. CANNOT RULE OUT SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY BUT
THE HIGHER CHANCES LOOK TO BE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST IOWA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN COULD BE
IMPACTED. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE WATCH OVER THE NEXT FEW
FORECAST MODELS RUNS TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE BOUNDARY WILL SET
UP. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS THE
UPPER LOW DRIFTS ACROSS WISCONSIN. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY AS A TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AN
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
WITH STANDARDIZED 850 MB TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF -1.5. WOULD
EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS ON SUNDAY TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S OVER
FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN...FALLING INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER 40S ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA. LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF
FROST. HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EAST OF THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY AS A TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A
WARM FRONT LOOKS TO LIFT INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 600 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

AREAS OF FOG WERE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
VSBYS BOBBING UP AND DOWN. KRST HAD DROPPED TO 1/4SM AND SHOULD STAY
THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE MIXING HELPS IMPROVE THE VSBY AND
CIG HEIGHTS BY MID/LATE MORNING. KLSE HAS STAYED OUT OF THE SUB 1SM
BR FOR NOW...AND THINK THAT SHOULD PERSIST. CIGS HAVE FLUCTUATED
ABOVE AND BELOW 1 KFT THOUGH...AND THIS TREND WILL LIKELY PERSIST
INTO MID MORNING BEFORE MIXING IMPROVES CONDITIONS HERE TOO.

A WARM FRONT WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...LIKELY
IN THE 17-18Z TIME FRAME AT KRST/KLSE. THIS COULD BE SLOWED...OR
SPED UP...DEPENDING ON CLEARING AND ON GOING CONVECTION TO THE
SOUTH. CIGS WILL IMPROVE INTO THE VFR RANGE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
FRONT...BUT SHRA/TS WILL ALSO INCREASE AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF IT.
MEANWHILE...AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE COULD SPIN OUT OF THE PLAINS
AND ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. THIS WOULD
TAP INTO INCREASED INSTABILITY THAT WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE
WARM FRONT...INCREASING THE SHRA/TS POTENTIAL.

THE PCPN CHANCES ARE PROBLEMATIC TO NARROW DOWN TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH BOUNDARIES AND OTHER MESO FEATURES ALL POTENTIALLY SERVING AS A
FOCUS FOR SHRA/TS. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE FAVORED PERIOD ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE FRONT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR NOW...BUT THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE REFINED LATER IN THE DAY AS WHERE THE PCPN WILL DEVELOP
AND MOVE BECOMES CLEARER.

SHOULD GET A FEW HOURS RAIN FREE TONIGHT...BUT SHRA/TS WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD FOR THE REGION ON THU AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
AND WITHIN THE MAIN AVENUE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT. A RETURN
TO MVFR CONDITIONS IS LIKELY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ISSUED AT 356 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RISES AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
NEEDED FOR THE AREA IF DETAILS BECOME CLEARER ON WHERE AND WHEN
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...WETENKAMP
LONG TERM....WETENKAMP
AVIATION.....RIECK
HYDROLOGY....WETENKAMP
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
500 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-301000-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
500 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND A NORTHWARD ADVANCING
WARM FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP...FLASH FLOODING...
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ISOLATED FOR
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH
FLOODING THE THREATS. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING COULD CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BY THE END OF THE WEEK WILL RANGE FROM 1
TO 3 INCHES. THIS COULD RESULT IN RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON AREA
RIVERS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND THURSDAY.
RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

RIECK

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell35 min
May 29, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinneshiek25 min
May 29, 3:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXChickasaw6 hr
May 29, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHoward, Winneshiek7 hr
May 29, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFayette38 min
May 29, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton58 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee45 min
May 29, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXAllamakee, Winneshiek7 hr
May 29, 6:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningARXFayette9 hr
May 29, 6:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClayton6 hr
May 29, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona29 min
May 29, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha, Winona43 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHouston, Winona7 hr
May 29, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau52 min
May 29, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark65 min
May 29, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Grant, Richland51 min
May 29, 6:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXCrawford, Grant22 min
May 29, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant30 min
May 29, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe, Richland, Vernon40 min
May 29, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland29 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.