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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 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 18, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Grant County, WI
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 4337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
441
WGUS53 KARX 190357
FFWARX
WIC043-190645-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0009.140619T0357Z-140619T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1057 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1050 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN SINSNAWA AND
HAZEL GREEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HAZEL GREEN
AND SINSINAWA...AND RESIDENTS ALONG THE SINSINAWA RIVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 1 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4253 9064 4259 9067 4265 9043 4251 9043
4251 9064
$$
BOYNE1 follow-up statement
442
WGUS73 KARX 190553
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1253 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
WIC043-190645-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140619T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRANT WI-
1253 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
AT 1247 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN DUBUQUE IOWA AND HAZEL GREEN. UP TO AN
ADDITIONAL INCH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4253 9064 4259 9067 4265 9043 4251 9043
4251 9064
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 3 days |
| Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 22 days |
| Jun 18, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Pepin | 6 days |
| Jun 19, 12:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 18 days |
| Jun 19, 12:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 4 days |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 6 days |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 69 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 71 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Jun 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 3 hr |
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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.