Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2014, 5:47 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- May 27, 2014, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, WI | EASTBOUND BELTLINE OFF-RAMP TO JOHN NOLEN DRIVE BLOCKED BY POLICE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, WI | IN DOWNTOWN MADISON...MANY STREETS IMPASSABLE...MANHOLE COVERS POPPING OFF...MULTIPLE VEHICLES BEING SWEPT AWAY OR PUSHED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. |
| May 27, 6:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, WI | THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF SOUTH PARK STREET IS TOTALLY UNDER WATER AT WINGRA DRIVE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
266
WGUS53 KMKX 272247
FFWMKX
WIC025-280145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0006.140527T2247Z-140528T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
547 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN MONONA...WHERE ESTIMATES OF TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. OTHER STORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
MADISON...AS WELL AS AREAS NORTH OF MADISON. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THESE AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MADISON...SUN PRAIRIE...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...WAUNAKEE...
VERONA...MCFARLAND...MONONA...WINDSOR...SAUK CITY...DEFOREST...
COTTAGE GROVE...CROSS PLAINS...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...
DANE...CAMP RANDALL STADIUM...HENRY VILAS ZOO...UW-MADISON AND
TOKEN CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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 4298 8954 4327 8972 4329 8971 4328 8916
4294 8918
$$
WOOD3 follow-up statements
085
WGUS73 KMKX 272349
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
WIC025-280145-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140528T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DANE WI-
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL DANE COUNTY...
AT 610 PM CDT...THE BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN DOWNTOWN MADISON. MANY STREETS WERE IMPASSIBLE...WITH
MANHOLE COVERS POPPING OFF. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE BEING SWEPT AWAY
OR BEING PUSHED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE EASTBOUND BELTLINE OFF
RAMP TO JOHN NOLEN DRIVE IS ALSO BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN
DOWNTOWN MADISON. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MADISON...SUN PRAIRIE...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...WAUNAKEE...VERONA...
MCFARLAND...MONONA...WINDSOR...SAUK CITY...DEFOREST...COTTAGE
GROVE...CROSS PLAINS...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...DANE...CAMP
RANDALL STADIUM...HENRY VILAS ZOO...UW-MADISON AND TOKEN CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IN AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4298 8954 4327 8972 4329 8971 4328 8916
4294 8918
$$
WOOD301
WGUS73 KMKX 280102
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
WIC025-280145-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140528T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DANE WI-
802 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL DANE COUNTY...
AT 650 PM CDT...THE BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
MADISON. THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF SOUTH PARK STREET WERE TOTALLY
UNDER WATER AT WINGRA DRIVE.
AT 610 PM CDT...THE BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN DOWNTOWN MADISON. MANY STREETS WERE IMPASSIBLE...WITH
MANHOLE COVERS POPPING OFF. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE BEING SWEPT AWAY
OR BEING PUSHED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE EASTBOUND BELTLINE OFF
RAMP TO JOHN NOLEN DRIVE IS ALSO BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST TWO
HOURS IN DOWNTOWN MADISON AND MONONA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MADISON...SUN PRAIRIE...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...WAUNAKEE...VERONA...
MCFARLAND...MONONA...WINDSOR...SAUK CITY...DEFOREST...COTTAGE
GROVE...CROSS PLAINS...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...DANE...CAMP
RANDALL STADIUM...HENRY VILAS ZOO...UW-MADISON AND TOKEN CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IN AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA...AS MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVE INTO
THE WARNED AREA.
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 4298 8954 4327 8972 4329 8971 4328 8916
4294 8918
$$
WOOD009
WGUS73 KMKX 280143
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
843 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
WIC025-280149-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140528T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DANE WI-
843 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL DANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845
PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE MADISON AREA...AND ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING IN NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...STEADY LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE WEST OF MADISON...AND SHOULD REACH MADISON BY 10 PM CDT. THIS
MAY BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...THOUGH THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH.
IN ADDITION...SEVERAL ROADS AROUND DOWNTOWN MADISON REMAIN CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING. THOSE DRIVING AROUND MADISON THIS EVENING SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THESE CLOSURES...AND AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4298 8954 4327 8972 4329 8971 4328 8916
4294 8918
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.