Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood watch at Jun 17, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 17, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 9:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Flood severity
- None
All 26 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224 WGUS63 KARX 171944 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL MONDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033- 041>044-053>055-061-181000- /O.NEW.KARX.FF.A.0005.140618T0000Z-140618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE... FLOYD...HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED... WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO... CRAWFORD...GRANT...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND... TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WETENKAMP
9 follow-up statements
310 WGUS63 KARX 180149 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 849 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...MORE FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .STORMS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT AND COULD BRING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. COMBINED WITH ALL THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL LAST NIGHT...RUNOFF COULD BE ENHANCED LEADING TO MORE FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033- 041>044-053>055-061-181000- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 849 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY * THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ SHEA
301 WGUS63 KARX 180730 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 230 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...MORE FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...THROUGH TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH MANY AREAS ALREADY SOAKED FROM RAINFALL YESTERDAY...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. WITH A JUICY AIRMASS AND WAVERING WEST TO EAST RUNNING WARM FRONT HOLDING ACROSS THE REGION...EXPECT ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033- 041>044-053>055-061-181530- /O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 230 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SOAKED IN SOME AREAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ RIECK
354 WGUS63 KARX 181936 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 236 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...STORMS TONIGHT COULD BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN... .ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THIS PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. COMBINE THIS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICK AND COULD LEAD TO NEW OR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SINCE THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HIT THE AREA AFTER DARK AGAIN... THE CHANCES OF SPOTTING FLOOD WATERS ARE LESS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. WIZ034-190400- /O.EXA.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS 236 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...JACKSON COUNTY. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SOAKED IN SOME AREAS... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033- 041>044-053>055-061-190400- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 236 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SOAKED IN SOME AREAS... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ SHEA
813 WGUS63 KARX 190110 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 810 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...MORE STORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS COULD LEAD TO NEW OR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SINCE THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HIT THE AREA AFTER DARK...THE CHANCES OF SPOTTING FLOOD WATERS ARE LESS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-190915- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 810 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SOAKED IN SOME AREAS... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ BOYNE
746 WGUS63 KARX 190455 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1155 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...STORMS ONGOING IN THE AREA... .STRONG STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA NEAR PRESTON...SOUTHEASTWARD TO DECORAH IOWA AND INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN NEAR PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. THIS AREA IS THE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 4 AM. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN LOOKS AS THOUGH IT SHOULD DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN PROVIDING FURTHER RAINFALL. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS COULD LEAD TO NEW OR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY REAL THREAT TONIGHT WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-191200- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1155 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. * WITH SOILS ALREADY SOAKED... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * THOSE NEAR STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ BAUMGARDT
254 WGUS63 KARX 190940 FFAARX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 440 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .STORMS FORMED AGAIN OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND ANOTHER 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. FLOODED BASEMENTS...CLOSED ROADS...AND RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS WERE ALL REPORTED OR ONGOING THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE REMAINING LOCAL AREA SAW AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN. EXPECT THE DAYTIME HOURS TO BE DRY AFTER MORNING RAINS WANE...AND STORMS MOVING IN AGAIN TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS AGAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT...CAUSING MORE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY ENDING THE THREAT FOR NOW. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-191745- /O.EXT.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 440 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * THE RAIN AND STORMS WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WITH SOILS ALREADY SOAKED...FLASH FLOODING IS VERY POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. && $$ BAUMGARDT
390 WGUS63 KARX 191513 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1013 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...MORE RAIN EXPECTED THAT COULD WORSEN FLOODING... .AFTER DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN...ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HIT NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THIS LED TO FLASH FLOODING BUT THE THREAT ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT YET AS MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A BIT MORE SPOTTY...BUT STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE DAY WEARS ON. ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS AGAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT...CAUSING MORE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY ENDING THE THREAT FOR NOW. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-192315- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1013 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN AND A FEW STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY ON HIGHER...DRY GROUND. NEVER CROSS INTO FLOOD WATERS. && $$ SHEA
063 WGUS63 KARX 191936 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 236 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE FLASH FLOODING... .ONE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN EXTREME LEADING TO MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS IN UNDER AN HOUR. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS HAS SET UP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN IOWA...AND AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST...THEY WILL BRING ANOTHER SHOT AT RAIN LATER THIS EVENING. IF YOU COMBINE ALL THIS ACTIVITY WITH RECENT RAINFALL... ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. RUNOFF IS ENHANCED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SO SATURATED. IN ADDITION AREA RIVERS ARE RISING...HIGH...OR FLOODING SO THIS EXTRA WATER HAS NOWHERE TO GO. MOST FLOOD DEATHS INVOLVE DRIVING AFTER DARK SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER ROADS. NEVER CROSS BARRICADED ROADS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-200345- /O.CON.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 236 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ALLAMAKEE...CHICKASAW...CLAYTON...FAYETTE...FLOYD... HOWARD...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT... JACKSON...JUNEAU...LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN LA CROSSE AND DUBUQUE IOWA. * MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY ON HIGHER...DRY GROUND. NEVER CROSS INTO FLOOD WATERS. && $$ SHEA
010 WGUS63 KARX 200208 FFAARX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 908 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED... .THE BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HELPED STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE SECOND BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN RAPIDLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO THIS...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-200315- /O.CAN.KARX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 908 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA HAS ENDED...THUS... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. $$ BOYNE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 17, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 332 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...SHRA/TSRA...SEVERE STORM AND HEAVY RAIN CHANCES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. DATA ANALYSIS AT 06Z HAD ONE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX/BOW ECHO WITH A WELL DEVELOPED MCV TRACKING INTO EASTERN WI/NORTHERN IL/LK MI. ANOTHER COMPLEX REMAINED OVER NORTHEAST NEB TO CENTRAL IA...ANCHORED BY THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE INTO/OVER THE FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN IA. BROAD AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN NORTHEAST OF THE SECOND COMPLEX CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE FCST AREA WITH RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS/HR. NO BIG PROBLEMS NOTED WITH 17.00Z MODEL INITIALIZATIONS. GFS WITH ITS TYPICAL BIAS OF SOME 5F TOO HIGH ON SFC DEW POINTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY...WHICH DOES IMPACT ITS CAPE PROGS TODAY. SOLUTIONS REASONABLY SIMILAR IN THE LARGER SCALE AND MID LEVEL DETAILS AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE COMING OUT OF THE ROCKIES LOW/TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. PROBLEM IS THE DEVIL IN THE LOWER LEVEL/MESO SCALE DETAILS THRU TONIGHT...AND MUCH OF THE WEEK. GIVEN SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE SMALLER SCALE DETAILS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON CONVECTION IN THE AREA...SHORT-TERM FCST CONFIDENCE IS AVERAGE THIS CYCLE. FOR THE SHORT TERM...ELEMENTS DRIVING THE FCST FOR TODAY/TONIGHT SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT DROVE THE MON/MON NIGHT FCST. ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS IA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL KEEP THE SFC BOUNDARY PUSHED SOUTH OF I-80. 925-850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE WEAKENS THIS MORNING WITH CONVECTION ACROSS IA EXPECTED TO WANE. SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING OF THE NEXT TRACKABLE SHORTWAVE LIFTING OUT OF THE WESTERN TROUGH AND SFC WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST THRU THE PLAINS WOULD THEN LIFT THE BOUNDARY INTO NORTHERN IA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS AGAIN FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...PUSHING A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH PW VALUES AROUND 1.75 INCHES NORTHEASTWARD...INTO/OVER THIS BOUNDARY. APPEARS ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION EXPECTED TO FIRE LATER THIS AFTERNOON/ EVENING...BUT WHERE DEPENDS ON WHERE THE BOUNDARY ENDS UP. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING CAPPING/CIN QUITE LOW NEAR/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL NOT TAKE MUCH OF A NUDGE/LIFT BY THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET OVER THE BOUNDARY TO INITIATE CONVECTION. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING NORMALIZED CAPE VALUES IN THE .2 TO .4 RANGE...INDICATING /FAT/ CAPE PROFILES MORE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL. WIND SHEAR PROFILES...WITH THE BULK OF THE SHEAR IN THE 0-3KM LAYER WOULD AGAIN INDICATE EVOLUTION TO A LINE OF STORMS AND A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. SEE SWODY1 FOR MORE DETAILS. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES WHERE THE BOUNDARY...AND EVENTUAL GREATER SHRA/TSRA AND HEAVY RAIN CHANCES END UP AND ONLY AVERAGE CONFIDENCE...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. APPEARS HIGHER THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE ACROSS THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE FCST AREA GIVEN THE MORE LIKELY BOUNDARY LOCATION LATE TODAY. DAY CREW WILL HAVE TO MONITOR ONGOING SHRA/TSRA THRU THE MORNING AND IF THE BOUNDARY CAN LIFT NORTH THRU THE DAY. IF IT DOES NOT...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION THRU TONIGHT WOULD END UP SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA. FOR NOW WILL TREND FCST FOR TODAY/TONIGHT TOWARD THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE MESO-SCALE DETAIL DIFFERENCES. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 332 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS FOR WED THROUGH THU NIGHT...SHRA/TSRA WITH SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN THREATS THRU THE PERIOD. 18.00Z MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WED/WED NIGHT AS HGTS RISE OVER THE REGION...AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL LOW LIFTING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. LESSER AGREEMENT THU/THU NIGHT AS THIS LOW LIFTS TO NEAR THE ND/MAN/SASKAT BORDER BY 12Z FRI. AT THE SFC...DECENT AGREEMENT FOR A LOW TO LIFT INTO EASTERN SD BY WED EVENING...THEN DIFFERENCES BEGIN TO INCREASE AS THE LOW TRACKS NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND THE TRAILING FRONT/SFC TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THU/THU NIGHT. THESE DIFFERENCES BY LATER WED NIGHT INTO THU NIGHT HAVE IMPACTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF LOWER LEVEL THERMO-DYNAMIC FORCING AND WHERE THE GREATER SHRA/TSRA CHANCES...AND SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL... WOULD END UP IN ANY ONE PERIOD. FCST CONFIDENCE IS AVERAGE FOR WED THRU THU NIGHT. CONVECTION SHOULD BE EXITING EAST OF THE AREA WED MORNING WITH A BREAK FROM THE SHRA/TSRA FOR A TIME DURING THE DAY...MUCH LIKE TODAY. SFC BOUNDARY SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BE SHOVED SOUTH/WEST OF THE AREA. BOUNDARY REMAINS THE FOCUS FOR LIFTING LATER IN THE DAY/WED NIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS AGAIN...PUSHING A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS NORTH/NORTHEASTWARD. MODEL SOUNDINGS LATE WED AFTERNOON/EVENING AGAIN SHOWING MINIMAL CIN/CAPPING AND NORMALIZED CAPES OF 0.2 TO 0.4...FAVORABLE FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS AND LARGE HAIL. RISING HGTS OVER THE AREA WED/WED NIGHT BUT AREA WEST OF THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AND THE MID LEVEL LOW/TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/SOUTH-CENTRAL CAN. NOT AS MUCH OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS LATE WED/WED NIGHT...BUT FLOW ALOFT IS DIFFLUENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...WITH THE MID LEVEL TROUGH BECOMING NEGATIVE TILTED BY 12Z THU. DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK PER SWODY2 LOOKS GOOD. ANY TSRA WED/WED NIGHT WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY RAINS...BUT WHERE THE HIGHEST THREAT OF THE HEAVY RAINS WOULD BE REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATE ACROSS MN THU/THU NIGHT...PUSHING A NORTH-SOUTH SFC TROUGH FRONT EAST INTO THE AREA LATE THU/THU NIGHT. FALLING HGTS AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH TO AID LOWER LEVEL THERMO-DYNAMIC FORCING FOR SHRA/TSRA. AFTER A LULL IN SHRA/TSRA FOR A TIME WED... CONTINUED 50-70 PERCENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THE FCST AREA WED NIGHT THRU THU NIGHT. USED A BLEND OF THE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE HIGHS/LOWS FOR WED THRU THU NIGHT. DEPENDING ON TIMING/ COVERAGE OF ANY CONVECTION THU/RESULTING CLOUD COVER...HIGHS IN THE FCST GRIDS THAT DAY MAY END UP A FEW DEGREES TOO WARM. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.../DAYS 4 TO 7/... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THIS PERIOD...CONTINUING SHRA/TSRA CHANCES FRI THRU SUN...TEMPERATURES. REASONABLE AGREEMENT AMONG 18.00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS FOR THE MID LEVEL LOW/CIRCULATION TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST ALONG THE US/CAN BORDER FRI THRU SAT NIGHT THEN DROP ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES SUN. HGTS RISE MON AS LONGWAVE RIDGING BUILDS INTO CENTRAL NOAM. NOT A LOT OF TIME SPENT IN THE DETAILS OF DAY 4-7 BUT FCST CONFIDENCE APPEARS TO BE AVERAGE FOR THIS PERIOD. THE TROUGH MOVING EAST ALONG THE US/CAN BORDER LOOKS TO PUSH A SECONDARY SFC TROUGH/FRONT ACROSS THE REGION CENTERED ON FRI NIGHT...FOR CONTINUED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES. DETAILS OF ANY SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE POTENTIAL TSRA FAR FROM CLEAR. MID LEVEL CIRCULATION DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES SUN DROPS A SFC TROUGH AND MID LEVEL COOLING ACROSS MN/IA/WI FOR AT LEAST A SMALL SHRA/TSRA CHANCE THAT DAY. MONDAY TRENDS TO BE A DRY DAY AS DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT/RISING HGTS ALOFT BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. GIVEN PLENTY OF DETAIL/TIMING DIFFERENCES...ESPECIALLY BY SAT...DID NOT STRAY FROM THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS HIGHS/ LOWS FOR DAYS 4-7. TEMPS CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL THRU SAT...THEN TREND TOWARD NORMAL SUN/MON AS THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WOULD START TO TAKE OVER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 MAIN AVIATION CONCERNS ARE TIMING AND INITIATION OF CONVECTION AT BOTH RST AND LSE TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. LATEST METARS ARE SHOWING SURFACE WARM FRONT LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON REGION REMAINS CAPPED OFF...PER LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY WHICH SHOWS MID LEVEL ALTOCUMULUS DECK OVER NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. UNCERTAINTY EXIST AS TO WHEN INVERSION BREAKS AND WHERE CONVECTION INITIATES OVER THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE LATEST 17.12Z MODELS SUGGEST DISTURBANCE OVER NEBRASKA INTERACTS WITH WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH AND DEVELOP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO BE AFTER 21Z TUESDAY ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND POSSIBLY IMPACT THE RST AND LSE TAF SITES FROM AROUND 00Z WEDNESDAY TO AROUND 10Z WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MVFR CEILING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT BOTH TAF SITES AFTER 03Z WEDNESDAY...DUE TO ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA AND RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AFTER 09Z WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 332 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES AND WARM CLOUD DEPTHS APPROACHING 4.0 KM. REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS THIS WEEK. HAVE CONTINUED TO ISSUE A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR FLOODING/ FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEED THROUGH THE WEEK AS DETAILS ON ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF TSRA/LOCATION OF GREATER RISK OF MORE HEAVY RAINS BECOME CLEARER. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RRS LONG TERM....RRS AVIATION...DTJ HYDROLOGY....RRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 114 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-181100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 114 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. INITIALLY THE MAIN THREATS LOOK TO BE LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE THREATS SHOULD TRANSITION TO FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS ANOTHER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREATS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HEAVY RAINS. FLASH FLOODING FROM REPEATED ROUNDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OUTSIDE OF THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME. WIZ017-029-181100- TAYLOR-CLARK- 114 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT TIME IS BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. INITIALLY THE MAIN THREATS LOOK TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE THREATS SHOULD TRANSITION TO FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS ANOTHER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREATS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND HEAVY RAINS. FLASH FLOODING FROM REPEATED ROUNDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OUTSIDE OF THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. 04
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1112 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1056 AM FLOOD 1 W OSAGE 43.28N 92.83W
06/17/2014 MITCHELL IA EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER RIVER ROAD WEST OF OSAGE.
&&
WETENKAMPLocal storm report, Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1116 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM TSTM WND DMG CALMAR 43.18N 91.87W
06/16/2014 WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC
SHED BLOWN OVER
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 17, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1153 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 E VARCO 43.61N 92.92W
06/16/2014 MOWER MN NEWSPAPER
WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 4 MAKING IT
IMPASSABLE WHERE IT CROSSES ROSE CREEK. TIME
ESTIMATED.
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 17, 11:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1158 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM TSTM WND DMG OSAGE 43.28N 92.81W
06/16/2014 MITCHELL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN BLOCKING
STREETS
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 17, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE AUSTIN 43.65N 92.95W
06/16/2014 MOWER MN PUBLIC
SEMI BLOWN OVER ON U.S. HIGHWAY 218 ABOUT A
MILE SOUTH OF AUSTIN.
0705 PM TSTM WND GST AUSTIN 43.67N 92.97W
06/16/2014 E60 MPH MOWER MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0720 PM TSTM WND GST DODGE CENTER 44.03N 92.85W
06/16/2014 E60 MPH DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0723 PM TSTM WND DMG OSAGE 43.28N 92.81W
06/16/2014 MITCHELL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN BLOCKING
STREETS
0729 PM TSTM WND GST 1 WNW GENOA 44.12N 92.64W
06/16/2014 M65 MPH OLMSTED MN TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZED HAIL ALSO FELL.
0730 PM LIGHTNING RICEVILLE 43.36N 92.55W
06/16/2014 HOWARD IA COUNTY OFFICIAL
LIGHTNING STARTED A FIRE WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGE
0730 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ENE DEXTER 43.72N 92.68W
06/16/2014 M66 MPH MOWER MN MESONET
0733 PM TSTM WND DMG CHARLES CITY 43.07N 92.67W
06/16/2014 FLOYD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A STOP LIGHT WAS BLOWN OVER IN CHARLES CITY.
0736 PM TSTM WND GST 1 WSW KASSON 44.03N 92.77W
06/16/2014 M50 MPH DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0737 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S RICEVILLE 43.35N 92.55W
06/16/2014 MITCHELL IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE SQUAD REPORTED 3
TREES DOWN NEAR CHERRY ST AND 9TH STREET.
ONE TREE LANDED ON POWER LINE. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0741 PM TSTM WND GST 4 WNW SARATOGA 43.38N 92.50W
06/16/2014 M71 MPH HOWARD IA MESONET
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG LIME SPRINGS 43.45N 92.28W
06/16/2014 HOWARD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
0800 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 WSW SIMPSON 43.92N 92.48W
06/16/2014 M2.02 INCH OLMSTED MN COOP OBSERVER
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW SIMPSON 43.92N 92.48W
06/16/2014 OLMSTED MN COOP OBSERVER
8 INCH TREE SNAPPED OFF JUST ABOVE THE
GROUND
0809 PM FLOOD MANTORVILLE 44.07N 92.76W
06/16/2014 DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING AND THE CITY RETENTION POND
WAS OVERFLOWING.
0810 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N STEWARTVILLE 43.90N 92.49W
06/16/2014 M59 MPH OLMSTED MN ASOS
GUST OCCURRED WELL AFTER MAIN STORMS
PASSED...BUT OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
STILL IN THE AREA.
0819 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW ROCHESTER 43.98N 92.49W
06/16/2014 M3.32 INCH OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
0821 PM HEAVY RAIN MANTORVILLE 44.07N 92.75W
06/16/2014 M2.39 INCH DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0825 PM TSTM WND DMG CALMAR 43.18N 91.87W
06/16/2014 WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC
SHED BLOWN OVER
0825 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSE ROCK DELL 43.89N 92.64W
06/16/2014 OLMSTED MN EMERGENCY MANAGER
WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROADS IN THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.
0828 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTGATE 42.77N 92.00W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARNS BLOWN DOWN WITH TIN ACROSS THE ROAD.
CORRECTED THE TIME OF THE REPORT BASED ON
RADAR DATA.
0828 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W FREDERICKSBURG 42.97N 92.21W
06/16/2014 CHICKASAW IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON U.S. HIGHWAY 18
0829 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTGATE 42.77N 92.00W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AND
DAMAGE TO A CHURCH ROOF IN TOWN. DAMAGE ALSO
OCCURRED TO A BARN WEST OF TOWN ON STATE
HIGHWAY 3 WITH CATTLE TRAPPED INSIDE THE
BARN. CORRECTED THE TIME OF THE REPORT BASED
ON RADAR DATA.
0829 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CALMAR 43.18N 91.86W
06/16/2014 WINNESHIEK IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTGATE 42.77N 92.00W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA EMERGENCY MANAGER
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES 2 TO 4 FEET IN DIAMETER
EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF ABOUT 20 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND. 2 GRAIN BINS BLOWN OVER
ONTO A BUILDING AND TRUCK.
0851 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N FESTINA 43.14N 91.87W
06/16/2014 WINNESHIEK IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 76
0855 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTGATE 42.77N 92.00W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARNS BLOWN DOWN WITH TIN ACROSS THE ROAD.
0856 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S BRAINARD 42.91N 91.70W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
CATTLE BARN COLLAPSED WITH AROUND 150 CATTLE
TRAPPED IN THE DEBRIS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
WADENA.
0856 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTGATE 42.77N 92.00W
06/16/2014 FAYETTE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
AND DAMAGE TO A CHURCH ROOF IN TOWN. DAMAGE
ALSO OCCURRED TO A BARN WEST OF TOWN ON
STATE HIGHWAY 3 WITH CATTLE TRAPPED INSIDE
THE BARN.
0857 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 ENE FRANKVILLE 43.19N 91.62W
06/16/2014 WINNESHIEK IA EMERGENCY MANAGER
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG HOLMEN 43.96N 91.26W
06/16/2014 LA CROSSE WI PUBLIC
TREE BLOWN DONW ONTO A SHED ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF TOWN.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD AUSTIN 43.67N 92.98W
06/16/2014 MOWER MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS CLOSED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY
EARLIER IN THE EVENING.
0910 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S LA CROSSE 43.82N 91.23W
06/16/2014 LA CROSSE WI EMERGENCY MANAGER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR UW LA CROSSE AND IN
DOWNTOWN LA CROSSE
0924 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SSW RENOVA 43.72N 92.79W
06/16/2014 MOWER MN BROADCAST MEDIA
COUNTY HIGHWAY 20 UNDER WATER IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 2
NORTHWEST OF DEXTER.
0930 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 E VARCO 43.61N 92.92W
06/16/2014 MOWER MN NEWSPAPER
WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 4 MAKING IT
IMPASSABLE WHERE IT CROSSES ROSE CREEK. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0934 PM TSTM WND GST COON VALLEY 43.70N 91.01W
06/16/2014 M65 MPH VERNON WI FIRE DEPARTMENT/R
0942 PM HAIL STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
06/16/2014 E1.75 INCH CLAYTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0948 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NNE BAGLEY 42.95N 91.07W
06/16/2014 M50 MPH GRANT WI EMERGENCY MANAGER
AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS X AND
P.
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE SAINT MARYS 43.78N 90.63W
06/16/2014 MONROE WI PUBLIC
10 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN
1016 PM TSTM WND GST HILLSBORO 43.65N 90.34W
06/16/2014 E60 MPH VERNON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1022 PM TSTM WND DMG BOSCOBEL 43.14N 90.70W
06/16/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MANAGER
TREES BLOWN DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
1039 PM FLOOD BOSCOBEL 43.14N 90.70W
06/16/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MANAGER
STREET FLOODING
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG SW PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W
06/16/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 5 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO...12 HOMES
AND BUSINESSES DETROYED...20 ADDITIONALLY
DAMAGED...DAMAGE TO UNIVERSITY...STORM
SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED THIS MORNING.
1048 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S UNION 42.79N 90.51W
06/16/2014 M63 MPH GRANT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1048 PM TSTM WND GST 3 WSW GEORGETOWN 42.61N 90.53W
06/16/2014 M70 MPH GRANT WI FIRE DEPARTMENT/R
1049 PM FLOOD LANCASTER 42.85N 90.71W
06/16/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MANAGER
STREET FLOODING.
1050 PM TSTM WND DMG PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W
06/16/2014 GRANT WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSES. WINDOWS BLOWN
OUT WITH ONE INJURY FROM FLYING GLASS.
1110 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 ENE FRIENDSHIP 44.02N 89.66W
06/16/2014 ADAMS WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN ON STATE HIGHWAY 21 3 MILES WEST
OF THE WAUSHARA COUNTY LINE
0931 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW PICKWICK 43.99N 91.61W
06/17/2014 M3.29 INCH WINONA MN PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER
LOCATION WINONA 3S
0936 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE ROCHESTER 43.99N 92.45W
06/17/2014 M2.38 INCH OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
1017 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNW ROCHESTER 44.04N 92.49W
06/17/2014 E4.10 INCH OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
1021 AM HEAVY RAIN HAYFIELD 43.89N 92.85W
06/17/2014 E3.75 INCH DODGE MN PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
1023 AM HEAVY RAIN PLAINVIEW 44.17N 92.17W
06/17/2014 E3.50 INCH WABASHA MN PUBLIC
1026 AM HEAVY RAIN BYRON 44.03N 92.65W
06/17/2014 E3.30 INCH OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
1056 AM FLOOD 1 W OSAGE 43.28N 92.83W
06/17/2014 MITCHELL IA EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER RIVER ROAD WEST OF OSAGE.
&&
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 17, 2:35 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW ROCK CREEK 43.28N 93.01W
06/16/2014 MITCHELL IA EMERGENCY MANAGER
GRAIN BIN DESTROYED
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 21 days |
| Jun 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 77 min |
| Jun 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 5 days |
| Jun 17, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 57 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 6 hr |
| 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 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 51 hr |
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