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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 22, 20134 counties in Wisconsin

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 8:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Ssw Mount Horeb, WIROAD CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATER IN SOUTHWEST DANE COUNTY.
Jun 22, 9:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODNew Glarus, WIROAD 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 CDTFLASH FLOODBlanchardville, WIWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2013-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2013-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
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

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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

$$

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane, Green, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha3 hr
Jun 22, 1:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette3 hr
Jun 22, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette6 hr
Jun 22, 2:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXGreen, Rock3 hr
Jun 22, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen, Iowa, Lafayette5 hr
Jun 22, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXLafayette6 days
Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXKenosha6 days
Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen5 days
Jun 22, 12:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock3 days
Jun 22, 12:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette15 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.