Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2014, 11:36 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Dodge County, Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 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
- May 11, 2014, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:53 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.73 | 1 Ne Bear Valley, MN | |
| May 12, 5:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Kellogg, MN | |
| May 12, 5:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.43 | Oronoco, MN | |
| May 12, 5:10 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | 1 E Lake City, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547
WGUS53 KARX 120436
FFWARX
MNC039-109-157-WIC011-121030-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0001.140512T0436Z-140512T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1136 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
EASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT
* AT 1133 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. SOME FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE
MUD SLIDES ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUFF COUNTRY OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...LAKE CITY...BYRON...MONDOVI...DODGE CENTER...WABASHA...
MANTORVILLE...ALMA...PINE ISLAND...KASSON...STEWARTVILLE...
PLAINVIEW...CHATFIELD...EYOTA...HAYFIELD...ORONOCO...ELGIN...
BUFFALO CITY...MAZEPPA AND DOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9273 4420 9255 4436 9255 4437 9244
4446 9242 4446 9225 4441 9209 4459 9202
4459 9165 4419 9188 4419 9208 4385 9209
4385 9299
$$
DTJ3 follow-up statements
474
WGUS73 KARX 120551
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1251 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
MNC039-109-157-WIC011-121030-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140512T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OLMSTED MN-WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-BUFFALO WI-
1251 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
OLMSTED...WABASHA...EASTERN DODGE AND NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO
COUNTIES...
AT 1250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. AN
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...LAKE CITY...BYRON...MONDOVI...DODGE CENTER...WABASHA...
MANTORVILLE...ALMA...PINE ISLAND...KASSON...STEWARTVILLE...
PLAINVIEW...CHATFIELD...EYOTA...HAYFIELD...ORONOCO...ELGIN...BUFFALO
CITY...MAZEPPA AND DOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9273 4420 9255 4436 9255 4437 9244
4446 9242 4446 9225 4441 9209 4459 9202
4459 9165 4419 9188 4419 9208 4385 9209
4385 9299
$$
HALBACH020
WGUS73 KARX 120654
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
154 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
MNC039-109-157-WIC011-121030-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140512T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OLMSTED MN-WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-BUFFALO WI-
154 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
OLMSTED...WABASHA...EASTERN DODGE AND NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO
COUNTIES...
AT 153 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. WATER
HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MANTORVILLE ROAD IN KASSON MINNESOTA.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...LAKE CITY...BYRON...MONDOVI...DODGE CENTER...WABASHA...
MANTORVILLE...ALMA...PINE ISLAND...KASSON...STEWARTVILLE...
PLAINVIEW...CHATFIELD...EYOTA...HAYFIELD...ORONOCO...ELGIN...BUFFALO
CITY...MAZEPPA AND DOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9273 4420 9255 4436 9255 4437 9244
4446 9242 4446 9225 4441 9209 4459 9202
4459 9165 4419 9188 4419 9208 4385 9209
4385 9299
$$
HALBACH212
WGUS73 KARX 120812
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
312 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
MNC039-109-157-WIC011-120819-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140512T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OLMSTED MN-WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-BUFFALO WI-
312 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OLMSTED...WABASHA...EASTERN DODGE AND
NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA HAVE
MOVED EAST...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY
INTO TONIGHT...AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING COULD RETURN.
LAT...LON 4420 9273 4420 9255 4436 9255 4437 9244
4446 9242 4446 9225 4441 9209 4459 9202
4459 9165 4419 9188 4419 9208 4385 9209
4385 9299
$$
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 22 hr |
| May 12, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 76 min |
| May 12, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 119 min |
| May 12, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 8 days |
| May 12, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 7 days |
| May 11, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
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.