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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 1:35 PM CDT for Richland 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407
WGUS53 KARX 091835
FFWARX
WIC103-092130-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0032.160909T1835Z-160909T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
135 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 129 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ESTIMATED 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF RICHLAND COUNTY, ANOTHER 1 TO
POSSIBLY 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE PINE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO RISE
AS WELL.
* CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE FLOODING AND ROADS WILL BE DAMAGED OR
CLOSED.
* THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND 4 PM TODAY. FLOODING
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE HOWEVER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHLAND CENTER...GERMANTOWN...WESTPORT...EXCELSIOR...ROCKBRIDGE...
VIOLA...AVOCA...ITHACA...ORION...SYLVAN...BOAZ...YUBA...TAVERA...
EAGLE CAVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 9026 4320 9028 4321 9029 4320 9044
4321 9055 4317 9066 4355 9067 4355 9045
4356 9044 4355 9019 4317 9020
$$
RIECK2 follow-up statements
847
WGUS73 KARX 091937
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
237 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
WIC103-092130-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160909T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHLAND WI-
237 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 222 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY HAS SEEN ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS
NO ACTIVE FLOODING AS OF YET.
* CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH AND WILL BE RISING....THIS COULD
CAUSE FLOODING IN THE NEXT HOURS.
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH. THE RAIN IS
STILL EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE 4 PM TIME FRAME.
LOCATIONS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING WOULD
BE...ROCKBRIDGE...VIOLA...YUBA...BLOOM CITY...SABIN...LOYD...WEST
LIMA...AND BOSSTOWN. THE PINE RIVER AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 9026 4320 9028 4321 9029 4320 9044
4321 9055 4317 9066 4355 9067 4355 9045
4356 9044 4355 9019 4317 9020
$$
BAUMGARDT708
WGUS73 KARX 092112
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
412 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
WIC103-092130-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160909T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHLAND WI-
412 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
RICHLAND COUNTY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM.
AT 408 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD
SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS
EVNEING...BUT IT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THE WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED AND FLOODING
WAS NOT ONGOING. SOME ROADS MAY REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACTIVE FLOODING....THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM.
REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA IF
TRAVELING TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4320 9026 4320 9028 4321 9029 4320 9044
4321 9055 4317 9066 4355 9067 4355 9045
4356 9044 4355 9019 4317 9020
$$
BAUMGARDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 11:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Richland | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.