Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:35 AM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr. 9 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:52 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.08 | 1 Ssw River Falls, WI | |
| Jul 6, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.4 | Hammond, WI | MEASURED 4 MILES WEST OF TOWN |
| Jul 6, 6:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nnw River Falls, WI | WATER OUT OF DRAINAGE DITCH AND OVER ROAD ON COULEE TRAIL ONE HALF MILE E OF HWY 35. SIGN WASHED OUT. 7.17 OF RAIN MEASURED. |
| Jul 6, 7:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N River Falls, WI | PHOTO SHOWING FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE TO SHOULDER OF COUNTY RD U NEAR GLOVER ROAD. REPORTED VIA TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 6, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.45 | Baldwin, WI | |
| Jul 6, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | 1 Ssw River Falls, WI | |
| Jul 6, 7:55 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.54 | River Falls, WI | |
| Jul 6, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.31 | 2 Nnw River Falls, WI | |
| Jul 6, 10:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.1 | Hudson, WI | REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF I-94 VIA TWITTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WGUS53 KMPX 061035
FFWMPX
WIC093-109-061330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0004.150706T1035Z-150706T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
535 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 530 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING IN
THE SOUTHERN PART OF ST. CROIX COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES
HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIVER FALLS...HUDSON...PRESCOTT...NORTH HUDSON...ELLSWORTH...
BALDWIN...HAMMOND...ROBERTS...SPRING VALLEY...WOODVILLE...ELMWOOD
AND EL PASO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
31.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4473 9214 4473 9277 4475 9280 4477 9280
4482 9276 4490 9277 4494 9274 4497 9276
4500 9276 4501 9214
$$
RAH1 follow-up statement
314
WGUS53 KMPX 061327
FFWMPX
WIC093-109-061600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150706T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
827 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 820 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING. SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS ST
CROIX COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
31.
THE KINNICKINIC RIVER NEAR RIVER FALLS REPORTED A 5 FOOT RISE EARLY
THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE EVENT FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4473 9214 4473 9277 4475 9280 4477 9280
4482 9276 4490 9277 4494 9274 4497 9276
4500 9276 4501 9214
$$
DWE/CSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 16 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 104 min |
| Jul 6, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 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.