Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2016, 4:53 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Jun 10, 2016, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.35 | 5 Nnw Dumfries, MN | |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.35 | Maple Springs, MN |
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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486
WGUS53 KARX 102153
FFWARX
MNC157-110145-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0001.160610T2153Z-160611T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
453 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 450 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN FROM LAKE CITY WESTWARD PER RADAR ESTIMATES. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WABASHA...BELLECHESTER...LAKE CITY...GILBERT VALLEY AND MAPLE
SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9243 4445 9243 4445 9224 4444 9221
4440 9206 4437 9200 4435 9255 4437 9255
$$
AJ3 follow-up statements
341
WGUS73 KARX 102226
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
526 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
MNC157-110145-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160611T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA MN-
526 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY...
AT 522 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST
UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...HIGHEST OVER THE RURAL
AREA OF NORTHWEST WABASHA COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 630
PM WHEN THE RAIN LOOKS TO END.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WABASHA...BELLECHESTER...LAKE CITY...GILBERT VALLEY AND MAPLE
SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9243 4445 9243 4445 9224 4444 9221
4440 9206 4437 9200 4435 9255 4437 9255
$$
AJ087
WGUS73 KARX 102313
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
MNC157-110145-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160611T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA MN-
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY...
AT 608 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED
ACROSS NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY. TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO
2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN...WITH THE MOST IN RURAL AREAS WEST OF LAKE
CITY. COUNTY ROADS IN THIS AREA SUCH AS COUNTY 5 ARE THE MOST LIKELY
LOCATIONS WHERE FLASH FLOODING WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.
ANY FLASH FLOODING THAT HAS OCCURRED WILL SUBSIDE BY 845 PM NOW THAT
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9243 4445 9243 4445 9224 4444 9221
4440 9206 4437 9200 4435 9255 4437 9255
$$
AJ770
WGUS73 KARX 110013
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
713 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
MNC157-110022-
/O.CAN.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160611T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WABASHA MN-
713 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
ALL OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED. ANY RURAL FLOODING IN THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF WABASHA COUNTY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4437 9243 4445 9243 4445 9224 4444 9221
4440 9206 4437 9200 4435 9255 4437 9255
$$
AJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 71 min |
| Jun 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Houston | 117 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.