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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 13, 2015Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT for Dodge 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
Jul 13, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2015, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

594 
WGUS53 KMKX 130828
FFWMKX
WIC027-131100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0003.150713T0828Z-150713T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
328 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
    
* AT 327 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA SOUTHWEST OF 
  BEAVER DAM HAS BEEN HIT THE HARDEST WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
  ESTIMATED BY RADAR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. 
  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS DODGE COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WATERTOWN...BEAVER DAM...WAUPUN...MAYVILLE...HORICON...JUNEAU...
  LOMIRA...RANDOLPH...THERESA...HUSTISFORD...IRON RIDGE...BURNETT...
  ASHIPPUN...RUBICON...LEBANON...FOX LAKE...WOODLAND...REESEVILLE...
  BROWNSVILLE AND NEOSHO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4363 8842 4320 8844 4320 8900 4357 8901
      4363 8900

$$

DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
603 
WGUS73 KMKX 130905
FFSMKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
405 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-131100-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODGE WI-
405 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
DODGE COUNTY...

AT 404 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN. THE AREA BETWEEN BEAVER DAM AND COLUMBUS IN COLUMBIA 
COUNTY HAS BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 
IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...BEAVER DAM...WAUPUN...MAYVILLE...HORICON...JUNEAU...
LOMIRA...RANDOLPH...THERESA...HUSTISFORD...IRON RIDGE...BURNETT...
ASHIPPUN...RUBICON...LEBANON...FOX LAKE...WOODLAND...REESEVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE AND NEOSHO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4363 8842 4320 8844 4320 8900 4357 8901
      4363 8900

$$

DAVIS
793 
WGUS73 KMKX 131056 RRA
FFSMKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
556 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-131106-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DODGE WI-
556 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM
CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.  REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY FLOODED AREAS DUE TO 
THE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LAT...LON 4363 8842 4320 8844 4320 8900 4357 8901
      4363 8900

$$

DAVIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 2 more82 min
Jul 13, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Marquette, Sauk58 min
Jul 13, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington34 min
Jul 13, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk59 min
Jul 13, 3:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia3 hr
Jul 13, 3:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette118 min
Jul 13, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 1 more55 min
Jul 13, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette and 1 more53 min
Jul 13, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jul 13, 4:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge37 min
Jul 13, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha38 min
Jul 13, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth45 min
Jul 13, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan38 min
Jul 13, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine57 min
Jul 13, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington, Waukesha21 min
Jul 13, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX66 min
Jul 13, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk37 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk39 min
Jul 13, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk40 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk46 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk49 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa32 min

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.