Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Aug 19, 2016, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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773 
WGUS53 KARX 190820
FFWARX
WIC011-121-191115-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0019.160819T0820Z-160819T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
320 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 313 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO
  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU
  AND NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTIES. UP TO ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
  RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ALONG THE BUFFALO RIVER...ELK CREEK...
  AND PIGEON CREEK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MONDOVI...WHITEHALL...BLAIR...INDEPENDENCE...STRUM...ELEVA...GILMANTON...
  PIGEON FALLS...CHIMNEY ROCK...THE BORST VALLEY AREA...PLEASANTVILLE...
  WALEK KNOB...WICKHAM VALLEY...THE BIG SWAMP AREA...MONDOVI AIRFIELD...
  ELK CREEK...SQUARE BLUFF AND LOOKOUT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9142 4449 9117 4427 9117 4433 9151
      4459 9201

$$

JSB

436 
WGUS73 KARX 190947
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
447 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

WIC011-121-191115-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160819T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TREMPEALEAU WI-BUFFALO WI-
447 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU AND NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...

AT 440 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO 
MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 
THIS RAIN HAS ALREADY PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ALONG ELK CREEK AT STATE 
ROAD 93 NEAR COUNTY ROAD E.  ALSO STATE ROAD 93 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED 
BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND ELEVA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9142 4449 9117 4427 9117 4433 9151
      4459 9201

$$

JSB

255 
WGUS73 KARX 191032
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
532 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

WIC011-121-191115-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160819T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TREMPEALEAU WI-BUFFALO WI-
532 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU AND NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...

AT 517 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN MONDOVI AND 
WHITEHALL.  NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED IN ALBION...CHIMNEY ROCK...AND 
HALE WEST TOWNSHIPS IN NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY. IN MONDOVI, FLOODING 
IS OCCURRING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST MAIN STREET AND MEMORIAL DRIVE.
FINALLY FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON COUNTY ROAD A 3.5 MILES WEST OF MONDOVI
PRIOR TO REACHING COUNTY ROAD T T. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9142 4449 9117 4427 9117 4433 9151
      4459 9201

$$

JSB

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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.