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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2014, 4:28 PM CDT for Dane County, Iowa 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
- Aug 4, 2014, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193
WGUS53 KMKX 042128
FFWMKX
WIC025-049-050030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0009.140804T2128Z-140805T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
428 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 426 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
OVER THE SAME AREAS VERY SLOWLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...BARNEVELD...BLUE MOUNDS...RIDGEWAY...MOUNT VERNON...
PINE BLUFF...GOVERNOR DODGE ST PARK AND BLUE MOUND ST PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4309 8959 4286 8961 4286 8979 4298 8994
4300 9025 4313 9013
$$
COLLAR2 follow-up statements
827
WGUS73 KMKX 042310
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
610 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2014
WIC025-049-050030-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140805T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DANE WI-IOWA WI-
610 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DANE AND NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTIES...
AT 605 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE MOVED SOUTH...BUT MODERATE
RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...BARNEVELD...BLUE MOUNDS...RIDGEWAY...MOUNT VERNON...
PINE BLUFF...GOVERNOR DODGE ST PARK AND BLUE MOUND ST PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. IF THE RAIN DIMINISHES FASTER THAN EXPECTED THE WARNING WILL
BE CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN A LOW-LYING AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ACT
QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
&&
LAT...LON 4309 8959 4286 8961 4286 8979 4298 8994
4300 9025 4313 9013
$$
REM538
WGUS73 KMKX 050039
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
739 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2014
WIC025-049-050048-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140805T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DANE WI-IOWA WI-
739 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DANE AND NORTHEASTERN
IOWA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4309 8959 4286 8961 4286 8979 4298 8994
4300 9025 4313 9013
$$
REMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 1:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Sauk | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 59 min |
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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.