Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Winona 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 16, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516
WGUS53 KARX 170301
FFWARX
MNC109-157-169-170900-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0005.140617T0301Z-140617T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1001 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1000 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THIS PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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 4436 9255 4437 9243 4440 9243 4443 9215
4435 9195 4420 9188 4413 9173 4403 9158
4385 9172 4385 9231 4418 9233 4420 9255
$$
HALBACH2 follow-up statements
948
WGUS73 KARX 170348
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1048 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
MNC109-157-169-170900-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140617T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OLMSTED MN-WINONA MN-WABASHA MN-
1048 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN OLMSTED...WINONA AND WABASHA COUNTIES...
AT 1046 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4436 9255 4437 9243 4440 9243 4443 9215
4435 9195 4420 9188 4413 9173 4403 9158
4385 9172 4385 9231 4418 9233 4420 9255
$$
HALBACH256
WGUS73 KARX 170548
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1248 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
MNC109-157-169-170558-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140617T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OLMSTED MN-WINONA MN-WABASHA MN-
1248 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN OLMSTED...WINONA AND WABASHA
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 4436 9255 4437 9243 4440 9243 4443 9215
4435 9195 4420 9188 4413 9173 4403 9158
4385 9172 4385 9231 4418 9233 4420 9255
$$
HALBACHThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 77 min |
| Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 6 days |
| Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 21 days |
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.