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Flood Watch 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flood watch at Apr 8, 2013, 3:19 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2013, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 4:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Flood severity
- None
All 28 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, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
355 WGUS63 KARX 082019 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 319 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...FLOODING THREAT INCREASES THIS WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAIN AND MELTING SNOW...WITH ADDITIONAL FORECAST RAIN THIS WEEK...MAY CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MID WEEK. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROAD WAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090430- /O.NEW.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 319 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS WEEK COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ SHEA
11 follow-up statements
284 WGUS63 KARX 090246 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 946 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...FLOODING THREAT INCREASES THIS WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAIN AND MELTING SNOW...WITH ADDITIONAL FORECAST RAIN THIS WEEK...MAY CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MID WEEK. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091100- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 946 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ADAMS...CLARK AND JUNEAU. IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TAYLOR. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT...RICHLAND AND VERNON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUFFALO...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE AND TREMPEALEAU. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS WEEK COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$
967 WGUS63 KARX 090916 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 416 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAIN AND MELTING SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MAY CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091730- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 416 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES BETWEEN TODAY AND THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ AJ
671 WGUS63 KARX 091400 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...INCREASED FLOODING THREAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND RECENTLY MELTING SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MAY CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-092200- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 900 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ADAMS...CLARK AND JUNEAU. IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TAYLOR. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT...RICHLAND AND VERNON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUFFALO...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE AND TREMPEALEAU. * FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$
492 WGUS63 KARX 091534 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1034 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...INCREASED FLOODING THREAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND RECENTLY MELTING SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...IS LIKELY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-092345- /O.EXA.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1034 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...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. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. ALONG THE TURKEY RIVER NEAR ELKADER MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. BASED ON THE EXPECTED RAINFALL...THE LATEST FORECAST INDICATES THE TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER COULD RISE TO 13 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. MOST OTHER RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AT LEAST NEAR BANK-FULL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-092345- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.130409T1700Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1034 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ADAMS...CLARK AND JUNEAU. IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TAYLOR. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...GRANT...RICHLAND AND VERNON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUFFALO...JACKSON...LA CROSSE...MONROE AND TREMPEALEAU. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$
565 WGUS63 KARX 092025 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 325 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...INCREASED FLOODING THREAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND RECENTLY MELTING SNOW...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...IS LIKELY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ALONG WITH FLOODING IN SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD BRING RIVERS INTO THE MODERATE FLOODING RANGE AS WELL. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100430- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 325 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. ALONG THE TURKEY RIVER NEAR ELKADER MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. BASED ON THE EXPECTED RAINFALL... THE LATEST FORECAST INDICATES THE TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER COULD RISE TO 13 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. MOST OTHER RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AT LEAST NEAR BANK-FULL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$
586 WGUS63 KARX 100355 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1055 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN SO FAR THIS EVENING... .A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ALONG WITH RUN OFF FROM RECENTLY MELTED SNOW...WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS. AFTER TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME PRECIPITATION TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BE AROUND 2 INCHES. WITH SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG AREA WATER WAYS. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-101200- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1055 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * EXPECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. REPORTS OUT OF JACKSON COUNTY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED...EAST FORK ROAD IN THE TOWN OF KOMENSKY OVER THE EAST FORK OF THE BLACK RIVER...COUNTY HIGHWAY VV SOUTH OF NORTH BEND OVER THE BLACK RIVER AND LAKE ROAD SOUTH OF MELROSE OVER BLACK SAND CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ 04
440 WGUS63 KARX 100921 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 421 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN MOVING OUT FOR NOW BUT MORE COMING... .THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE MOST PART EARLY THIS MORNING. BUT NOT BEFORE DROPPING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. TOTALS OVERNIGHT WERE IN THE 1 TO 1.5 INCH RANGE...BUT TOTAL AMOUNTS SINCE TUESDAY MORNING ARE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. THIS RAINFALL...ALONG WITH RUN OFF FROM RECENTLY MELTED SNOW...IS RESULTING IN RISING RIVER LEVELS. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SPREADING INTO WISCONSIN BY MID-DAY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY LAYING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-101730- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 421 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ANOTHER INCH TODAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. * RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. REPORTS OUT OF JACKSON COUNTY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED...EAST FORK ROAD IN THE TOWN OF KOMENSKY OVER THE EAST FORK OF THE BLACK RIVER...COUNTY HIGHWAY VV SOUTH OF NORTH BEND OVER THE BLACK RIVER AND LAKE ROAD SOUTH OF MELROSE OVER BLACK SAND CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ MW
026 WGUS63 KARX 101526 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1026 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT TO OCCUR... .THE COMBINATION OF AN INCH AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS AND RUN OFF FROM RECENTLY MELTED SNOW IS RESULTING IN RISING RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION. THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN WILL MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL MAINLY BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND LAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS NEXT ROUND OF RAINFALL. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY LAYING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-102330- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1026 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ANOTHER INCH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW MORNING MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ HALBACH
662 WGUS63 KARX 102024 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 324 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TONIGHT... .RAIN WILL MOVE IN AGAIN TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF AN INCH AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS AND RUN OFF FROM RECENTLY MELTED SNOW IS RESULTING IN RISING RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY LAYING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-110430- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 324 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH INTO TOMORROW MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ HALBACH
142 WGUS63 KARX 110212 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 912 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .MORE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...TWO DAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL APPROACH 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RECENTLY MELTED SNOW HAS RESULTED IN RISING RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY LAYING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND SOME RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT ISSUED...BE ALERT THIS WEEK FOR HIGH WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY ON HIGH GROUND JUST TO BE SAFE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-111015- /O.CON.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 912 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE 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... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH THURSDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OR NEW FLOODING. RECENTLY THAWED SOILS ON HILLSIDES AND IN ROAD CUTS WILL BE PRONE TO MUDSLIDES AS WELL. RIVERS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY END UP WITH WATER OVER THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING ON SECONDARY OR COUNTY ROADS THROUGH MID WEEK... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. && $$ 04
268 WGUS63 KARX 110923 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 423 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...AREAL FLOOD CONCERN HAS DIMINISHED... .ANOTHER WAVE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY. HOWEVER...WITH FORECAST AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH...THE RISK FOR ANY AREAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO RIVERS INTO THE WEEKEND...KEEPING THEM HIGH. NUMEROUS RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-111030- /O.CAN.KARX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 423 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHILE UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE TOO LITTLE TO PRODUCE AREAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH INTO THE WEEKEND...SOME EVEN IN FLOOD...AS RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM THE RECENT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK. SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS ON THE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. $$ AJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Apr 8, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1227 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 CURRENTLY AS OF 08Z...WATER VAPOR LOOP AND RAP 500MB HEIGHT ANALYSIS SHOWED A POTENT UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA...RIDGING BEGINNING TO BUILD DOWNSTREAM OVER THE PLAINS...A SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. ALSO OF NOTE IS A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO...WITH A 70 KT JET STREAK AROUND 250MB LOCATED SOUTH OF IT. DPVA ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHORTWAVE AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION SUPPORT FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED JET STREAK HAS LED TO AN AREA OF SHOWERS...AFFECTING CENTRAL MN...NORTHWEST WI AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE TO THE SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO EASTERN IOWA ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE THERE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ALSO AIDED BY A 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET AT 850MB ON PROFILER AND VAD WIND DATA...TRANSPORTING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. GOES DERIVED AND RAP PRECIPITABLE WATER DATA SHOWED VALUES OF 1-1.25 INCHES BEING TRANSPORTED NORTHEASTWARD ON THE LOW LEVEL JET. A WARM FRONT COULD BE SEEN AT THE SURFACE SOUTH OF THE CONVECTION ALONG THE MISSOURI/IOWA BORDER. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. THE WEATHER PATTERN IS ABOUT TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE...ALL IN RESPONSE TO THAT POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA DIGGING SOUTH. BY 12Z TUESDAY...ALL MODELS HAVE A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S...WITH A CLOSED LOW NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...WHICH FORCES STRONG RIDGING TO BUILD UP TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE...TO THE NORTH...THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO IS PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH TOWARDS LAKE SUPERIOR...RESTRICTING SOME OF THE NORTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE UPPER RIDGING. ADDITIONALLY...THE UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH TOWARDS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL END UP STRENGTHENING THE UPPER JET STREAK ON ITS SOUTH SIDE. BY 12Z TUESDAY...MODELS SHOW A 120 JET STREAK FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. FOR THIS MORNING...FOCUS IS ON THE PAIR OF SHORTWAVES TRACKING THROUGH MINNESOTA AND IOWA. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THESE SHORTWAVES REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN AND LAKE MICHIGAN RESPECTIVELY BY 18Z. EXPECTING THE SHOWERS CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM TO FOLLOW THE SAME TRACK...WITH SUBSIDENCE IN THEIR WAKE HELPING TO END THE PRECIPITATION. DURING THE AFTERNOON...THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING TRACKING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 18-21Z...AROUND PEAK HEATING. AT THE SAME TIME...THE WARM FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG THE MO/IA BORDER IS PROGGED TO HAVE LIFTED NORTH AT LEAST TO I-80...OR POSSIBLY AS FAR NORTH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 20. INITIALLY WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT CONVECTION COULD FIRE...BUT SOUNDINGS SHOW ENOUGH CAPPING IN THE WAKE OF THE MORNING SHORTWAVES...ALONG WITH JUST VERY WEAK CONVERGENCE ON THE FRONT TO PRECLUDE CONVECTION. THUS...HAVE WENT WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH CLEARING SKIES. WITH 850MB TEMPS CLIMBING TO 5-9C AND AFTERNOON SUN...WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLIMB INTO THE 60S SOUTH OF I-90...AND MID 40S TO MID 50S TO THE NORTH. FOR TONIGHT...DESPITE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDING UP TOWARDS THE AREA...THE SURFACE WARM FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GET PUSHED SOUTH. THIS IS DUE TO THE UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH CANADA... ALLOWING LOW LEVEL COLD CANADIAN AIR TO FLOW INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IN TURN...THE LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS STRENGTHENS ON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE 08.00Z NAM IS QUICK TO DEVELOP CONVECTION ON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE EVENING...BETWEEN 00-03Z OVER NORTHERN IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WI. MOST OTHER MODELS WAIT UNTIL AFTER 06Z TO HAVE ANY PRECIPITATION ON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE MAJORITY AND CONSIDER THE EVENING MOSTLY DRY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE NAM IS BY FAR THE FARTHEST NORTH WITH THE WARM FRONT TOO. AFTER 06Z...THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE COMING UP TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA AROUND THE RIDGE...REACHING CENTRAL OR NORTHEAST IOWA BY 12Z TUESDAY. A STRONG SURGE OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT COMBINED WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION FORCING OF THE UPPER JET WOULD YIELD PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AND EXPANDING INTO THE FORECAST AREA. OUTSIDE OF THE 08.00Z SPCWRF-NMM...ALL OTHER AVAILABLE GUIDANCE DEPICTS THIS SCENARIO. THUS...HAVE RAISED PRECIPITATION CHANCES TOWARDS LATE IN THE NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 437 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 SUMMARIZED BRIEFLY...WET TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BECOME IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TROUGH AS IT HEADS INTO THE PLAINS AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEK. STILL...THERE ARE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED WHICH HAVE IMPACTS ON THE FORECAST. THIS CAN EASILY BE SEEN IN THE TRACK OF THE MAIN SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH...WHERE THE 08.00Z GFS HAS A FARTHER SOUTHEAST TRACK RELATIVE TO THE FORECAST AREA COMPARED TO THE 08.00Z NAM/UKMET/CANADIAN/ECMWF. A FARTHER SOUTHEAST TRACK WOULD MEAN MORE OF THE COLD CANADIAN AIR DIVING DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT GETS ADVECTED INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE TOO...THE GFS ALLOWS MORE PRECIPITATION BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY TO FALL AS SNOW. HAVE LEANED THE FORECAST MORE TOWARDS A CONSENSUS OF THE REST OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE WITH A MORE NORTHWEST TRACK...THOUGH NOT AS FAR NORTHWEST AS THE 08.00Z NAM. REGARDING SOME DETAILS... FIRST...TUESDAY IS A LITTLE TRICKY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE SHORTWAVE APPROACHING NORTHEAST IOWA LATE TONIGHT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY. AGAIN PLENTIFUL FORCING IS PRESENT BETWEEN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET...THE SURGE OF 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND DPVA FROM THE SHORTWAVE. MOISTURE IS ALSO PLENTIFUL WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLIMBING UP TO AN INCH OR SO. THUS...SEEING PRECIPITATION LOOKS LIKE A SAFE BET. THE BIG ISSUE IS THE QPF. THE 08.00Z GFS/NAM/REGIONAL CANADIAN AND HIRES-ARW MODELS ALL SHOW POTENTIAL OF OVER AN INCH OF QPF TO FALL OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS AN AREA THAT DOES NOT NEED THE RAIN... PARTICULARLY OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE FLOOD WARNINGS ARE OUT ON THE TREMPEALEAU AND BLACK RIVER. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE 08.00Z ECMWF AND ITS PREVIOUS RUN DEPICT THE UP TO AN INCH OF QPF TO FALL MORE TO THE SOUTH. HPC PREFERRED THE ECMWF SCENARIO AND HAVE WENT ALONG WITH IT. DEFINITELY NEED TO WATCH WHERE THE QPF FALLS. ALSO ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER FOR THE ENTIRE DAY SOUTH OF I-90...CORRELATING WITH SOME WEAK ELEVATED CAPE PRESENT. TUESDAY NIGHT AND EVEN WEDNESDAY CONTINUE TO LOOK LIKE A SLAM DUNK FOR PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. DURING THIS PERIOD A NEW SURGE OF 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT FORMS AHEAD OF THE EASTWARD PROGRESSING UPPER TROUGH...IMPINGING INTO THE TIGHT LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS ZONE IN PLACE. ADDITIONALLY...THAT UPPER JET STREAK JUST LINGERS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN TO PROVIDE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CONTINUING TO HOVER IN AT LEAST THE 0.75 TO 1 INCH RANGE...HIGHEST IN THE SOUTH...DEFINITE CONCERN HERE FOR AT LEAST MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. NOTE THE WORD PRECIPITATION HERE. ALL MODELS SHOW THAT THE LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST FLOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL DRAG DRIER...COLDER AIR SOUTH INTO THE AREA FROM ONTARIO. AS A RESULT...WE ARE GOING TO RUN INTO A SITUATION OF COLD AIR UNDERCUTTING A WARM LAYER...WHICH MEANS POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES. THE BIG QUESTION MARKS ARE: 1. DO 2 METER TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT AND 2. IF SO...WILL THE WARM LAYER STILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR LIQUID AND 3. ARE OBJECTS GOING TO GET COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATION FOR NOW HAVE INTRODUCED BOTH A MENTION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN INTO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE AREA THAT SEES THE COLDEST LOW LEVEL AIR. ANTICIPATING THAT DIURNAL HEATING ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BOOST TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO RESULT MAINLY IN RAIN BY AFTERNOON. STILL...ENDED UP COOLING HIGH TEMPERATURES SOME DUE TO ANTICIPATION OF RAIN ALL DAY. HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...ATTENTION TURNS TO ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL AS THE CORE OF THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE FORECAST AREA. A VERY GOOD FORCING SIGNAL SHOWS UP FOR PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 500MB HEIGHTS FALLING AND A TROWAL WRAPPING BACK TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. RAISED PRECIPITATION CHANCES GIVEN THE GOOD SIGNAL. 850MB TEMPS COOL AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES...DOWN TO 0 TO -6C BY 12Z THURSDAY... COLDEST NORTHWEST. FURTHER COOLING CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. LOWERED BOTH LOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS PERIOD. HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS IS GOING TO DEPEND ON RATE...WARMTH OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND GROUND TEMPERATURES. HARD TO SPECULATE ON AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME...BUT A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION SEEM POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. 437 AM UPDATE...NOTICED THAT BOTH THE 08.00Z ECMWF AND 08.00Z/06Z NAM INDICATE A DRY SLOT COMING THROUGH ALOFT TO SCOUR OUT THE ICE IN THE CLOUDS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION...WE MAY BE DEALING MORE WITH RAIN / FREEZING RAIN VERSUS SNOW...AND THUS BACK TO WONDERING ABOUT OBJECT TEMPERATURES. BEYOND THURSDAY...MODELS ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW FAST TO LIFT OUT THE UPPER TROUGH. THE NEW 08.00Z ECMWF REALLY SLOWED IT DOWN COMPARED TO ITS PREVIOUS RUN AND OTHER MODEL GUIDANCE...WITH AN UPPER LOW STILL OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN AT 00Z SATURDAY. IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION...POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE TROUGH IS AT LEAST OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AT THIS TIME...ALLOWING CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO MINNESOTA. FOR NOW...STAYED WITH A CONSENSUS APPROACH WHICH IS TO KEEP SOME 20-30 PERCENT CHANCES IN THURSDAY NIGHT AND A DRY FRIDAY. DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS LOOK TO PERSIST INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY AS THAT CANADIAN HIGH MOVES THROUGH. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO BROAD TROUGHING FORMING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. 08.00Z ECMWF/GFS/GFS ENSEMBLES ALL HAVE A POTENT SHORTWAVE COMING OUT OF THIS TROUGH AND HEADING INTO NORTHERN MN BY 00Z MONDAY. WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH EXPECTED TO YIELD SOME RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SNOW INITIALLY UNTIL THE BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS. && .AVIATION...THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY 1227 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 PESKY MVFR/IFR STRATUS IN PACE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND A DEPARTING MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE. VISIBLE SATELLITE WAS SHOWING SOME EROSION ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF THIS STRATUS ACROSS NORTHEAST IA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST IA. RAP/NAM MODEL LAYER HUMIDITY AND SOUNDING SHOWING THIS MIXING/SCATTERING REMAINING JUST SOUTH OF THE KRST/KLSE TAF SITES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SO...LOOKS LIKE KRST WILL IMPROVE INTO MVFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH KLSE REMAINING IN MVFR CLOUDS. MESSY WEATHER PATTERN THEN SETTING UP ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...PUSHING A WARM FRONT AND SURGE OF MOISTURE TOWARD THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAIN DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH DETERIORATION IN CIGS/VIS INTO IFR RANGE AFTER 08Z. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 RIVER STATUS... THE TREMPEALEAU RIVER NEAR DODGE WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND ALLOW FOR MINOR FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. THE BLACK RIVER AT BLACK RIVER FALLS IS ANTICIPATED TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE REST OF THE BLACK RIVER IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SEE WITHIN BANK RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OTHER RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY SEE WITHIN BANK RISES WITH PERIODIC RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME. SNOW PACK... RECENT COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS SHOW SNOW PACK IS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH IN PLACES. THE DEEPEST SNOW PACK IS OVER THE NORTHERN MOST PARTS OF TAYLOR WHERE AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW REMAINS ON THE GROUND. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 WITH THE GREATEST SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IN NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY. RAINFALL... BEFORE NOON...COULD SEE UPWARDS OF 1/4 INCH OR SO OF RAINFALL... GREATEST OVER TAYLOR COUNTY. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY TIME PERIOD WHERE PERIODS OF RAINFALL COULD TOTAL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RIGHT NOW IS ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHERE RIVERS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF HANDLING IT. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AND HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD OCCUR FARTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES... HIGHS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 50 NORTH OF I-94 TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S SOUTH OF I-90. HIGHS WILL COOL QUITE A BIT FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THURSDAY WHERE READINGS MAY NOT REACH 40. STILL...THESE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT ANY EXISTING SNOWPACK. FROST DEPTH... AS OF APRIL 4TH...FROST DEPTHS //WHICH ARE OBSERVED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY//ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN DEEP...AVERAGING AROUND 1 FOOT TO 1 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF I-90...AND UP TO 3 FEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS FROST WILL ACT TO ENHANCE RUNOFF OF SNOW MELT AND PRECIPITATION INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. SUMMARY... POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN THROUGH THIS WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT AND ESPECIALLY THE RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OVERALL...APPEARS THE BIGGEST FLOODING CONCERNS ARE ALONG THE BLACK AND TREMPEALEAU RIVERS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AND EYE ON THIS. HAVE A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK PRODUCT OUT TO HEIGHTEN THIS AWARENESS. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...AJ LONG TERM...AJ AVIATION...DAS HYDROLOGY...AJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:26 AM CDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 526 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-091200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE- FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER- OLMSTED-RICHLAND-VERNON-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 526 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED WITH THE STORMS. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NEEDED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-032>034-091200- BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- 526 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MELTING SNOW ALONG WITH RAIN THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR MELTING OF THE REMAINING SNOW PACK. THIS COMBINATION OF THE SNOW MELT AND PERIODS OF RAIN WILL RESULT IN RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... UPDATES ON SNOW DEPTHS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 5 days |
| Apr 8, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 6 days |
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