Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2013, 7:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2013, 7:57 AM CDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Mount Horeb, WI | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATER IN SOUTHWEST DANE COUNTY. |
| Jun 22, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Glarus, WI | ROAD PARTIALLY WASHED OUT IN WESTERN PART OF TOWN. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN THE NEW GLARUS AREA. WATER ALSO REPORTED ACROSS A COUPLE OF ROADS TO THE WEST OF MONTICELLO. |
| Jun 22, 9:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Blanchardville, WI | WATER REPORTED OVER COUNTY HWY H IN BLANCHARDVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 22.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968
WGUS53 KMKX 221257
FFWMKX
WIC025-045-049-065-221700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0003.130622T1257Z-130622T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
757 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPER RADAR ESTIMATED 5 TO 9
INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME ADDITIONAL
MODERATE RAINS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DARLINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...MONROE...ARGYLE...
BLACKHAWK LAKE RECREATION AREA...BLANCHARDVILLE...GOVERNOR DODGE
STATE PARK...MINERAL POINT AIRPORT...MONROE AIRPORT...MONTICELLO...
NEW GLARUS AND YELLOWSTONE LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 9044 4321 9037 4285 8953 4257 8950
4257 9007 4284 9043
$$
HENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 6 days |
| Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 6 days |
| Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green | 5 days |
| Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 days |
| Jun 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 15 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.