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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Iowa; Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mitchell County, IA, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192
WGUS53 KARX 012007
FFWARX
IAC131-MNC099-020200-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0002.140601T2007Z-140602T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
307 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 306 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED STREETS IN
AUSTIN. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF MOWER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES
OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST OVER MITCHELL COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...OSAGE...GRAND MEADOW...ST. ANSGAR...LE ROY...ADAMS...
RICEVILLE...BROWNSDALE...LYLE...STACYVILLE...ROSE CREEK...RAMSEY...
DEXTER...MAPLEVIEW...ELKTON...MITCHELL...MCINTIRE...CARPENTER...
ORCHARD AND TAOPI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4374 9304 4375 9245 4350 9245 4350 9256
4321 9255 4321 9302 4350 9302 4350 9304
$$
AJ2 follow-up statements
508
WGUS73 KARX 012153
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC131-MNC099-020200-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL IA-MOWER MN-
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL AND MOWER COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE RAIN HAS LET UP IN
INTENSITY ACROSS MOWER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. REPORTS FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT SUGGEST THAT THE STREET FLOODING THAT HAD OCCURRED IN
AUSTIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN
ACCORDING TO AUTOMATED OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES.
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST
OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
EVENING...ACCUMULATING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...OSAGE...GRAND MEADOW...ST. ANSGAR...LE ROY...ADAMS...
RICEVILLE...BROWNSDALE...LYLE...STACYVILLE...ROSE CREEK...RAMSEY...
DEXTER...MAPLEVIEW...ELKTON...MITCHELL...MCINTIRE...CARPENTER...
ORCHARD AND TAOPI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4374 9304 4375 9245 4350 9245 4350 9256
4321 9255 4321 9302 4350 9302 4350 9304
$$
AJ620
WGUS73 KARX 020004
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
704 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC131-MNC099-020012-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL IA-MOWER MN-
704 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MITCHELL AND MOWER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCMENT HAVE REPORTED THAT
CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED...ALTHOUGH MANY CREEKS CONTINUE TO RUN
HIGH. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY...AND IF IT BECOMES
HEAVY...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR.
LAT...LON 4374 9304 4375 9245 4350 9245 4350 9256
4321 9255 4321 9302 4350 9302 4350 9304
$$
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 13 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winona | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 9:49 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Wabasha | 37 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winona | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 50 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.