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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood watch at Jun 24, 2013, 4:24 AM CDT for 8 counties in Wisconsin; 5 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 24, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2013, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chickasaw 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, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612 WGUS63 KARX 240924 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 424 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LIFTING NORTH THIS MORNING...APPROACHING NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SINCE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALREADY DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE WATER AND FLOODING. PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-241730- /O.CAN.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130624T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.FF.A.0008.130624T1700Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 424 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA... CHICKASAW...FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...HOUSTON. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...JUNEAU... LA CROSSE...MONROE AND VERNON. * A NEW FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY HIT BY FLOODING...FASTER THAN NORMAL RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS EXCESS WATER COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS...AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. 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. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ032>034-241730- /O.NEW.KARX.FF.A.0008.130624T1700Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS 424 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE...MOWER...OLMSTED... WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUFFALO... JACKSON AND TREMPEALEAU. * FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY HIT BY FLOODING...FASTER THAN NORMAL RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS EXCESS WATER COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS...AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-241730- /O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 424 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY HIT BY FLOODING...FASTER THAN NORMAL RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS EXCESS WATER COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS...AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WETENKAMP
12 follow-up statements
322 WGUS63 KARX 240956 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 456 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LIFTING NORTH THIS MORNING...APPROACHING NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SINCE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALREADY DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE WATER AND FLOODING. PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-241800- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 456 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY HIT BY FLOODING...FASTER THAN NORMAL RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS EXCESS WATER COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS...AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 241800- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.130624T1700Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 456 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY HIT BY FLOODING...FASTER THAN NORMAL RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS EXCESS WATER COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS...AND ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. 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. && $$ WETENKAMP
398 WGUS63 KARX 241629 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1129 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FIRST WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN WITH HEAVY RAIN... .AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE THROUGH DURING MAINLY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-90...COULD SEE 1...POSSIBLY 2 INCHES...TODAY. THIS WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SINCE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALREADY DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE WATER AND FLOODING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SOME CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE TO ROADS NEAR WATERWAYS IS VERY POSSIBLE. IT MAY BE MOST PRUDENT TO NOT TRAVEL OR CAMP OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-250030- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1129 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD EASILY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...POSSIBLY UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES. * THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DANGEROUS FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE COULD OCCUR BY TUESDAY MORNING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...FLOODED BASEMENTS...ENTIRE ROAD AND BRIDGE WASHOUTS...RAILROAD LINE DAMAGE. * THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER PATTERN CONSIDERING HOW MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN RECENTLY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DAMAGE THAT IS NOT NORMAL OR EXPECTED. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. * CONSIDER CHANGING ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR PLANS OVERNIGHT. STAY CLOSE TO HOME. BE SAFE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 250030- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.130624T1700Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1129 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD EASILY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...POSSIBLY UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES. * THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DANGEROUS FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE COULD OCCUR BY TUESDAY MORNING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...FLOODED BASEMENTS...ENTIRE ROAD AND BRIDGE WASHOUTS...RAILROAD LINE DAMAGE. * THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER PATTERN CONSIDERING HOW MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN RECENTLY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DAMAGE THAT IS NOT NORMAL OR EXPECTED. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. * CONSIDER CHANGING ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR PLANS OVERNIGHT. STAY CLOSE TO HOME. BE SAFE. 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. && $$ BAUMGARDT
626 WGUS63 KARX 242055 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 355 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS LOOKS TO IMPACT MAINLY NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND COULD EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALREADY DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE WATER AND FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER IOWA TODAY HAVE IMPACTED THE OVERNIGHT SOMEWHAT. THERE IS NOW A BETTER CHANCE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM MORE TOWARD I-80 ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...A SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LOWER THAN IT WAS THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND PROBLEMS QUICKLY...IT MAY BE LIFE-THREATENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 250500- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 355 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES ARE SOUTH OF I-90 INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * SHOULD THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP FURTHER NORTH...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT COULD BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD OCCUR SHOULD THESE STORMS FORM OVER THE WATCH AREA. 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. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-250500- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 355 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY UP TO 5 INCHES. PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA RECEIVED 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY. * FLASH FLOODING WOULD OCCUR RAPIDLY AND COULD BECOME LIFE- THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BAUMGARDT
818 WGUS63 KARX 250251 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 951 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... .THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. SO FAR...THIS ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH WITHOUT ANY DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING BEHIND IT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. IF THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE AND REDEVELOPMENT DOES NOT OCCUR...THE RAINFALL PRODUCED MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY NEW FLOODING. HOWEVER...WITH SOILS EXTREMELY SATURATED AND IF THE RAINFALL BECOMES HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED...RENEWED FLOODING COULD BEGIN VERY QUICKLY. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-251100- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA 951 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE... HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN... ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE... TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. IF AMOUNTS BECOME HEAVIER...RENEWED FLASH FLOODING COULD BEGIN QUICKLY. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. 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>010-018-019-251100- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 951 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...FLOYD AND MITCHELL. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...CHICKASAW...HOWARD AND WINNESHIEK. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. IF AMOUNTS BECOME HEAVIER...RENEWED FLASH FLOODING COULD BEGIN QUICKLY. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. 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. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-251100- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 951 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. IF AMOUNTS BECOME HEAVIER...RENEWED FLASH FLOODING COULD BEGIN QUICKLY. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
732 WGUS63 KARX 250333 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1033 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... .THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH BUT DOES SHOW SOME SIGNS OF REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FALLING IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. WITH SATURATED SOILS...THE RAIN COULD QUICKLY CAUSE NEW FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-251145- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA 1033 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE... HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN... ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE... TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. IF AMOUNTS BECOME HEAVIER...RENEWED FLASH FLOODING COULD BEGIN QUICKLY. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. 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. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-251145- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 1033 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...FLOYD AND MITCHELL. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...CHICKASAW...HOWARD AND WINNESHIEK. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THESE AMOUNTS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO NEW FLASH FLOODING. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-251145- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130625T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1033 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY * THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THESE AMOUNTS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO NEW FLASH FLOODING. * THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS DO DEVELOP...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...COULD OCCUR ONCE AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ 04
968 WGUS63 KARX 250923 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 423 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND THOSE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BY NOON TODAY. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ANOTHER COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN INTERSTATES 90 AND 80. THE EXACT PLACEMENT IS UNCERTAIN...BUT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TOTALING FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. SATURATED SOILS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...MEANS MUCH OF ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL GO INTO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO ALSO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 251730- /O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 423 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * PLAN ON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-251730- /O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 423 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * PLAN ON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ AJ
290 WGUS63 KARX 251248 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 748 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS DIMINISHING FOR THIS MORNING BUT STILL POSSIBLE FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ARE DIMINISHING. LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ANOTHER COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN INTERSTATES 90 AND 80. THE EXACT PLACEMENT IS UNCERTAIN...BUT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TOTALING FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. SATURATED SOILS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...MEANS MUCH OF ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL GO INTO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO ALSO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 252100- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 748 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * PLAN ON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. LESS THAN 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-252100- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 748 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * PLAN ON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. LESS THAN 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ AJ
515 WGUS63 KARX 251632 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1132 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BETWEEN THE I-90 AND I-80 CORRIDORS AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS IOWA. THE EXACT PLACEMENT IS UNCERTAIN...BUT THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES DUE TO THE ABUNDANT AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SATURATED SOILS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...MEANS MUCH OF ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO ALSO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053- 260045- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED- WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1132 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-260045- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1132 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
601 WGUS63 KARX 252023 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THOUGH THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ABUNDANT AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. WITH SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-90...EXPECT MUCH OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS TO GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO PRODUCE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL. MNZ079-WIZ032>034-252130- /O.CAN.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WABASHA-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING THREAT HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA...MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-90 CORRIDOR. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-260430- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE AND VERNON. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-260430- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 323 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
909 WGUS63 KARX 260218 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 918 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO A RENEWED FLASH FLOODING THREAT...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAINFALL RECENTLY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WITH SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-90...EXPECT MUCH OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS TO GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO PRODUCE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL. IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-261030- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA 918 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CHICKASAW...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE AND VERNON. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY * LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-261030- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 918 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY * LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HALBACH
292 WGUS63 KARX 260852 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 352 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... .NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO STAY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...THE SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE RAIN TO GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT THE RUNOFF TO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL. MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-261000- /O.CAN.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE- JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 352 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALL OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE NIGHT HAS FOCUSED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NOTE THAT ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-261200- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 352 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...FLOYD AND MITCHELL. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...CHICKASAW...HOWARD AND WINNESHIEK. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * LOOK FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-261200- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 352 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT AND RICHLAND. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * LOOK FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS AND RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. EXPECT RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AS WELL FROM THE RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLOOD WATERS CAN KILL. STAY ON HIGH GROUND. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ AJ
392 WGUS63 KARX 261202 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 702 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... .THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE NEED FOR THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION HAS SHIFTED OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THAT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING...BUT THESE LOOK MORE LOCALIZED. IAZ008>010-018-019-261315- /O.EXP.KARX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 702 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THAT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING...BUT THESE LOOK MORE LOCALIZED. $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-261315- /O.EXP.KARX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-130626T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 702 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THAT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING...BUT THESE LOOK MORE LOCALIZED. $$ 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 Jun 24, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
415 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 415 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
06Z DATA ANALYSIS HAD LOW PRESSURE OVER LK WINNIPEG AND OVER THE
OK/TX PANHANDLE AREA...WITH A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN BETWEEN
ACROSS SD TO IA. FRONTAL BOUNDARY/TROUGH FROM THE TX/OK LOW WAS
ACROSS KS TO NORTHERN MO. WARM/MOISTURE ADVECTION/THETA-E
CONVERGENCE OVER THIS BOUNDARY FOCUSED FROM EASTERN CO TO SOUTHERN
IA...WHERE CONVECTION WAS FIRING EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FCST AREA
AND REST OF WI/MN GETTING A NEEDED BREAK FROM THE SHRA/TSRA SO FAR
SUNDAY THRU THIS MORNING...BEING NORTH/EAST OF THE SFC-700MB RIDGE
AXIS.
INITIALIZATIONS OF 24.00Z MODELS BETTER THAN THE PAST COUPLE 00Z
CYCLES...THIS EXCEPT FOR THE GFS TOO HIGH ON SFC DEW POINTS OVER
MUCH OF THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. EVEN WITH TIGHTER/BETTER
INITIALIZATIONS...SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO HAVE MESO-SCALE DIFFERENCES
WHICH IMPACT THE SENSIBLE WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM. DPROG/DT OF
500MB HGTS AT 24.00Z SHOWED THE MODEL RUNS OF 22.00Z AND 23.00Z
VERIFIED WELL ACROSS NOAM/EASTERN PAC...FAVORING STRONGER OF EARLIER
RUNS WITH THE TROUGH/ENERGY NEAR LK WINNIPEG AND THE TROUGHING OVER
CA. MODEL CONSENSUS REMAINS GOOD WITH THE LARGER SCALE FEATURES
TODAY THRU TUE BUT PLENTY OF DETAIL DIFFERENCES REMAIN WITH THE
WEAKER SHORTWAVES THRU THE SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS.
GENERAL TREND IS A LITTLE FLATTER WITH THE CENTRAL CONUS RIDGING AND
STRONGER WITH UNIDENTIFIABLE SHORTWAVE FEATURES. CHECK OF OBS VS.
MODEL DATA AT 06Z SHOWED ALL TO BE REASONABLE WITH THE SFC MASS
FIELDS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. PER WV IMAGERY MODELS LOOKED GOOD
WITH THE LARGER SHORTWAVES OVER NOAM...WHILE STRUGGLING WITH WHAT
LOOKED TO BE A WEAK SHORTWAVE AIDING THE NEB/CO/KS CONVECTION. AS
HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST FEW DAYS...MODELS HAVING DIFFICULTIES
WITH CONVECTION OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. CLOSEST WITH THE 00-06Z
PRECIP LOOKED TO BE THE GFS AND THE HRRR WRF MODEL. NO ONE CLEAR
FAVORITE. WITH ALL THE MODEL SCENARIOS ON HOW CONVECTION PLAYS OUT
THE NEXT 48-72HRS AND MOST MODELS CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT
EARLY THIS MORNING...SHORT-TERM CONFIDENCE REMAINS BELOW AVERAGE.
FORECAST TODAY/TONIGHT HINGES ON WHERE THE KS/NORTHERN MO BOUNDARY
ENDS UP. MODEL CONSENSUS LIFTS THIS BOUNDARY...AND ITS FOCUS FOR
FORCING/LIFT/CONVECTION INITIATION...SLOWLY NORTH TODAY/TONIGHT...
TO SOUTHWEST MN TO EASTERN IA/NORTHWEST IL BY 12Z TUE. MOISTURE
TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE ON NOSE OF THE 850MB JET ALREADY
FIRING THE CONVECTION OVER IA...WITH THIS TRANSLATING EAST/NORTHEAST
TOWARD AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FCST AREA. WILL EXTEND THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FCST AREA THRU THE
MORNING.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE CONTINUES TO
INCREASE OVER THE FRONT AND TOWARD THE AREA TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE
LIFTS INTO NEB. GENERAL MODEL CONSENSUS FOR CONVECTION TO SLOWLY
BUILD WEST/SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA THIS MORNING THE LIFT INTO THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. PER THE HRRR...PART OF THIS IS THE COMPLEX MOVING
ACROSS NEB EARLY THIS MORNING. LEANING TOWARD THE HRRR WHICH HAS
BEEN DOING A DECENT JOB WITH THE CO/NEB CONVECTION AND THAT ACROSS
IA...THE NEB CONVECTION GROWS ONCE IT REACHES STRONGER/RICHER
MOISTURE TRANSPORT OVER EASTERN NEB/WESTERN IA. SOME FORM OF
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THEN HEADS TOWARD THE FCST AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON.
LOW LEVEL THERMODYNAMIC FORCING STRENGTHENS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT
ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT AS THE FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH.
RAISED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES INTO THE 60-70 PERCENT RANGE FOR TONIGHT
INTO TUE MORNING. ANY TSRA WILL REMAIN EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS WITH PW
VALUES IN THE 1.5 TO 1.75 INCH RANGE...ML CAPES OF 2K-3K J/KG AND
WARM CLOUD DEPTHS OF 3.5 TO 4KM. WITH MANY AREAS WATERLOGGED AND
HAVING ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES...WILL EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
TO COVER ALL BUT CLARK/TAYLOR COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON THRU MID
MORNING TUE.
FORCING SIGNALS GET A LITTLE MORE MUDDIED TUE. THIS NOT UNEXPECTED
DUE TO POTENTIAL DIFFERENT OUTCOMES WITH CONVECTION OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST TONIGHT. APPEARS THE FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FCST
AREA WITH THE 925-850MB FLOW CONTINUING TO PUSH/LIFT MOISTURE
NORTHWARD OVER IT. CONTINUED 40-60 PERCENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES OVER
MUCH OF THE FCST AREA TUE. MAY NEED TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
THRU TUE INTO TUE NIGHT...BUT WILL DEAL WITH THAT ONCE WE GET PAST
TONIGHT.
ON TOP OF THE HEAVY RAIN CONCERNS...A FEW OF THE TSRA COULD BE
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND AGAIN TUE INTO TUE EVENING DUE
TO THE STRONG INSTABILITY...INCREASE OF THE 0-6KM SHEAR AND
POTENTIAL FOR TSRA TO ORGANIZE INTO COMPLEXES WITH STRONG COLD
POOLS. SEE SWODY1 AND SWODY2 FOR MORE DETAILS.
USED A BLEND OF THE NUMERICAL TEMP GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS/LOWS FOR
TODAY THRU TUE.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 415 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
FOR TUE NIGHT THRU WED NIGHT MODELS SHOW THE REMNANTS OF THE
TROUGHING NOW OVER CA WILL LIFT INTO AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.
TREND CONTINUES TO FAVOR STRONGER OF THE EARLIER RUNS. WITH THIS
BEING A LARGER SCALE FEATURE AND THE DECENT MODEL CONSISTENCY FCST
CONFIDENCE FOR THIS PERIOD IS AVERAGE.
AS THE STRONGER MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUE
NIGHT THE PLAINS SFC LOW MOVES INTO MN/WI. LOWER LEVEL THERMO
DYNAMIC FORCING/LIFT AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT REMAINS STRONG INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES. WHERE THE FRONT AHEAD OF THE LOW FROM
TODAY/TUE ENDS UP WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE STRONGER LIFT WILL BE.
MODEL CONSENSUS HAS IT SOMEWHERE OVER THE FCST AREA TUE NIGHT...
THUS CARRIED HIGHEST SHRA/TSRA CHANCES IN THE 60-70 PERCENT RANGE
OVER THE NORTHEAST 2/3 OF THE FCST AREA. PW VALUES REMAIN IN THE 1.5
TO 1.75 INCH RANGE WITH ANY STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.
AGAIN...WILL LIKELY NEED MORE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR PORTIONS OF
THE AREA INTO TUE NIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER 0.5 TO 1.5
INCHES...LOCALLY MORE...OF RAIN.
ONCE THIS STRONGER MID LEVEL TROUGH PASSES TUE NIGHT/WED MORNING THE
FLOW PATTERN OVER NOAM BEGINS TO CHANGE WITH RIDGING BUILDING OVER
THE WESTERN CONUS AND INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE
UPPER MIDWEST. DRIER AIR AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SPREAD INTO
MN/IA/WI WED/WED NIGHT. SHRA/TSRA CHANCES WILL LINGER WED WITH THE
SFC LOW-MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION. SHRA/TSRA CHANCES
DECREASE WED NIGHT AS HGTS RISE AND THE SFC-MID LEVEL LOW/TROUGH
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.
DUE TO THE CONVECTION DETAIL UNCERTAINTIES...CONTINUED TO USE THE
MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS FOR LOWS/HIGHS IN THE TUE NIGHT TO WED
NIGHT PERIOD.
ONCE AGAIN NOT A LOT OF TIME SPENT LOOKING AT THE DAY 4-7 PERIOD.
24.00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS MAINTAIN A GOOD CONSENSUS FOR THE
BUILDING WESTERN NOAM RIDGING AND EASTERN NOAM TROUGHING IN THE THU-
SUN PERIOD...WHICH PUTS THE REGION UNDER INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. THU-SUN SHAPING UP TO BE A DRIER PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES
COOLING TO NEAR OR A BIT BELOW NORMAL. FCST CONFIDENCE FOR THIS
PERIOD LOOKS TO BE AVERAGE TO GOOD.
DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR THU-SUN...BUT PLENTY OF RESIDUAL
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MAXIMUM EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION FROM WELL WATERED
VEGETATION AND WET SOILS APPEAR TO REMAIN...ALONG WITH STEEP LOW/
MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SHORTWAVES RIPPLING THRU THE NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT. THU-SUN TRENDING TO BE DRY DAYS BUT SOME SMALLER
MAINLY DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA CHANCES TO PERSIST...AIDED BY THE PASSING
SHORTWAVES FROM TIME TO TIME. MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS FOR HIGHS/
LOWS IN THE DAY 4-7 PERIOD LOOK WELL TRENDED FOR NOW.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1141 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
WATCHING A LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING
WITH THE CONCERN OF WHETHER THIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA.
THE 24.02Z HRRR AND ITS PREVIOUS RUNS HAVE BEEN DOING A DECENT JOB
HANDLING THIS FEATURE AND ATTEMPTS TO BRING IT NORTHEAST BUT
WEAKEN IT WITH TIME. RECENT RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ONLY A VERY SLOW
NORTHEAST MOVEMENT WHILE THE CORFIDI VECTORS WOULD SUGGEST A MORE
EASTWARD MOVEMENT. FOR NOW...PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST
AND ONLY SHOW SOME VFR CLOUDS FROM THIS SYSTEM GETTING INTO THE
AREA. VARIOUS SOLUTIONS ON HOW MONDAY PLAYS OUT. WITH THE MAIN
BOUNDARY NOW WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...SEVERAL MODELS INDICATING
THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN OVER SOUTHERN
IOWA AND REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA. MODELS ALSO SHOW
DIFFERENT IDEAS WITH THE ONGOING CONVECTION OVER COLORADO. THE
23.12Z GEM AND ECMWF BRING THIS NORTHEAST AND EAST INTO THE AREA
WITH THE MEAN FLOW WHILE THE HRRR TAKES IT MORE EAST ACROSS
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS RIDING THE CAPE GRADIENT WHILE FEEDING OFF
THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELD. WOULD TEND TO THINK THE HRRR IDEA
HAS A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF VERIFYING...BUT THERE IS A SHORT WAVE
TROUGH DRIVING THIS SYSTEM THAT SHOULD GET INTO THE AREA LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WITH THE FORCING FROM THAT...CANNOT
TOTALLY RULE OUT SOME CONVECTION DEVELOPING BUT WITH LOW
CONFIDENCE HAVE ONLY INCLUDED A VCTS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 415 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES/RETURNS TODAY AS YET ANOTHER
LOW LIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES
INTO THE AREA. A FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH FROM KS/NORTHERN MO WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR LIFT AND GENERATING TSRA TODAY/TONIGHT/TUE. THIS
BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA THRU TUE...WITH THE
ZONE OF STRONGER LIFT REMAINING CLOSE TO OR OVER THE FCST AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD RANGE FROM 0.50 TO 1.50
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SINCE MUCH OF THE
AREA HAS SEEN ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 10 INCHES DURING THE LAST 3 TO 4
DAYS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO PRODUCE MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
ADDITION FLASH FLOODING IS QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE
FORECAST AREA TODAY THRU TUE NIGHT. HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE
MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE THIS RAIN MAY FALL. CONTINUED THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FCST AREA THIS MORNING
THEN ISSUED A BROADER FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL BUT CLARK/TAYLOR
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID MORNING TUE. APPEARS ANOTHER
ROUND OF WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT/WED MORNING
AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE PERIODS.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR WIZ032>034-041>044-053.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR WIZ054-055-061.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR MNZ079-086>088-094>096.
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR IAZ008>010-018-019.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR IAZ011-029-030.
&&
SHORT TERM...RRS
LONG TERM....RRS
AVIATION.....04
HYDROLOGY....RRSHazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:58 PM CDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-241100- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT- HOUSTON-HOWARD-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-RICHLAND-VERNON- WINNESHIEK- 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT NEAR THE WATCH AREA. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA HOWEVER. IF THE STORMS DEVELOP...ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY 2 INCHES OR MORE IF THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ARE APPEARING LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING RIVERS ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS. SOME FLOODING MAY BE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND ALREADY FLOODING OR ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY POSE A SEVERE THREAT. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...AND ANY FLOODED AREAS OR RIVERS SHOULD HAVE A RECOVERY PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. MNZ079-086>088-094-WIZ017-029-032>034-241100- BUFFALO-CLARK-DODGE-JACKSON-MOWER-OLMSTED-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WABASHA- WINONA- 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ARE APPEARING LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING RIVERS ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS. SOME FLOODING MAY BE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND ALREADY FLOODING OR ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY POSE A SEVERE THREAT. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...AND ANY FLOODED AREAS OR RIVERS SHOULD HAVE A RECOVERY PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. MNZ095-241100- FILLMORE- 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ARE APPEARING LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING RIVERS ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS. SOME FLOODING MAY BE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND ALREADY FLOODING OR ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY POSE A SEVERE THREAT. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...AND ANY FLOODED AREAS OR RIVERS SHOULD HAVE A RECOVERY PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME FROM LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. RRS/BAUMGARDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 6 days |
| Jun 24, 1:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 12 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 5 days |
| Jun 24, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 4 days |
| Jun 24, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 4 days |
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