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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 16, 2014Dodge County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:25 PM CDT for Dodge County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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 16, 2014, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.024 Wsw Simpson, MN
Jun 16, 8:09 PM CDTFLOODMantorville, MNSTREET FLOODING AND THE CITY RETENTION POND WAS OVERFLOWING.
Jun 16, 8:19 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.323 Ssw Rochester, MN
Jun 16, 8:21 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.39Mantorville, MN
Jun 16, 8:25 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Sse Rock Dell, MNWATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROADS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.
Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODAustin, MNROADS CLOSED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY EARLIER IN THE EVENING.
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ssw Renova, MNCOUNTY HIGHWAY 20 UNDER WATER IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS SOUTH OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 2 NORTHWEST OF DEXTER.
Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Varco, MNWATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 4 MAKING IT IMPASSABLE WHERE IT CROSSES ROSE CREEK. TIME ESTIMATED.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

056 
WGUS53 KARX 170025
FFWARX
MNC039-099-109-170630-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0004.140617T0025Z-140617T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
725 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT TUESDAY
    
* AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE 
  PRODCED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY. FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9305 4420 9233 4411 9232 4411 9229
      4385 9229 4385 9245 4350 9245 4350 9305

$$

HALBACH
4 follow-up statements
048 
WGUS73 KARX 170120
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
820 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC039-099-109-170630-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-DODGE MN-
820 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR MOWER...OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 819 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR HAS ALREADY 
BEGUN.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9305 4420 9233 4411 9232 4411 9229
      4385 9229 4385 9245 4350 9245 4350 9305

$$

HALBACH
973 
WGUS73 KARX 170152
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
852 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC039-099-109-170630-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-DODGE MN-
852 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR MOWER...OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 851 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN AND KASSON. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING...PARTICULARLY 
IN ROCHESTER WHERE NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDER WATER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9305 4420 9233 4411 9232 4411 9229
      4385 9229 4385 9245 4350 9245 4350 9305

$$

HALBACH
855 
WGUS73 KARX 170345
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1045 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC039-099-109-170630-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-DODGE MN-
1045 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR MOWER...OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 1044 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN AND KASSON ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS OF 
OLMSTED...DODGE AND MOWER COUNTIES. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT 3 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9305 4420 9233 4411 9232 4411 9229
      4385 9229 4385 9245 4350 9245 4350 9305

$$

HALBACH
445 
WGUS73 KARX 170618
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
118 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

MNC039-099-109-170628-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-OLMSTED MN-DODGE MN-
118 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOWER...OLMSTED AND DODGE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4419 9305 4420 9233 4411 9232 4411 9229
      4385 9229 4385 9245 4350 9245 4350 9305

$$

HALBACH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower34 min
Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Mower, Olmsted66 min
Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Winona77 min
Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXWabasha4 days
Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower6 days
Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXOlmsted, Winona24 hr
Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona6 hr
Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower24 hr
Jun 17, 11:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXWabasha21 days
Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more54 hr
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower51 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.