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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2013, 7:06 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 26, 2013, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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 26, 7:30 AM CDT | FLOOD | Fort Atkinson, WI | 1-FOOT DEEP WATER ON SOME STEETS JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. STORM SEWERS NOT KEEPING UP. |
| Jun 26, 7:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Busseyville, WI | EROSION AND FLOODING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 26 NEAR ROCK COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 26, 8:22 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Janesville, WI | BLACKBRIDGE AND KENNEDY ROAD IMPASSABLE. CARS STUCK |
| Jun 26, 9:54 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 2 W Milton, WI | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 10 AM CDT |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984
WGUS53 KMKX 261206
FFWMKX
WIC055-105-261500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0009.130626T1206Z-130626T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
706 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR AND
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE...FORT ATKINSON AND MILTON.
RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH
PER 15 MINUTES IN THE MILTON AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4274 8913 4285 8901 4298 8901 4296 8881
4284 8877 4264 8878 4262 8894
$$
CRAVEN2 follow-up statements
194
WGUS73 KMKX 261328
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
828 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
WIC055-105-261500-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130626T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON WI-ROCK WI-
828 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROCK AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 819 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT BLACKBRIDGE
AND KENNEDY ROADS WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE ON NORTH SIDE OF
JANESVILLE. CARS WERE STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS.
ROCK COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS IN
THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING HIGHWAY 14 EAST OF
JANESVILLE.
RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH TWO DAY TOTALS AROUND 7 INCHES NEAR MILTON
AND ALSO JOHNSTOWN CENTER.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT ATKINSON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4274 8913 4285 8901 4298 8901 4296 8881
4284 8877 4264 8878 4262 8894
$$
CRAVEN775
WGUS73 KMKX 261458
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
958 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
WIC055-105-261507-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130626T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON WI-ROCK WI-
958 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROCK AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.
LAT...LON 4274 8913 4285 8901 4298 8901 4296 8881
4284 8877 4264 8878 4262 8894
$$
COLLARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 4 days |
| Jun 26, 4:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 23 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.