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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2016, 7:27 AM CDT for Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 7, 2016, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:39 AM CDT | FLOOD | 2 Ssw La Farge, WI | WATER STILL OVER ROADWAY BETWEEN VIOLA AND LA FARGE |
| Sep 7, 9:39 AM CDT | FLOOD | 2 Ssw La Farge, WI | WATER STILL OVER ROADWAY BETWEEN VIOLA AND LA FARGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
127
WGUS53 KARX 071227
FFWARX
WIC103-123-071530-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0029.160907T1227Z-160907T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
727 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 725 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN YUBA WITH
SANDBAGGING GOING ON ALONG THE PINE RIVER. CAMPERS EVACUATED FROM
SIDIE PARK NEAR VIROQUA. RAIN IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT
SOME LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH MID MORNING.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS WARNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VIROQUA...WESTBY...HILLSBORO...STODDARD...LA FARGE...GERMANTOWN...
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...ROCKBRIDGE...VIOLA...SYLVAN...LIBERTY...
READSTOWN...CAZENOVIA...DE SOTO...CHASEBURG...GENOA...
AND YUBA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4343 9122 4345 9123 4352 9122 4355 9125
4358 9123 4361 9127 4366 9127 4366 9032
4356 9031 4355 9019 4342 9019
$$
RIECK1 follow-up statement
313
WGUS73 KARX 071407
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
907 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
WIC103-123-071530-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160907T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
907 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
VERNON AND NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 903 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER REMAINS HIGH AT
YUBA. MANY WATER COVERED ROADS FROM GENOA...VIROQUA AND LA FARGE TO
THE SOUTH. SOME ROAD CLOSURES NEAR GENOA. MUDSLIDE NEAR VICTORY BY
COUNTY ROAD UU.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE
MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VIROQUA...WESTBY...HILLSBORO...STODDARD...LA FARGE...GERMANTOWN...
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...READSTOWN...CAZENOVIA...DE SOTO...
CHASEBURG...GENOA...AND YUBA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4343 9122 4345 9123 4352 9122 4355 9125
4358 9123 4361 9127 4366 9127 4366 9032
4356 9031 4355 9019 4342 9019
$$
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Richland | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 days |
| Sep 7, 6:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 57 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 3 days |
| Sep 7, 8:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Sep 7, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 6 days |
| Sep 7, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 12 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.