Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2016, 11:44 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Houston County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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 21, 2016, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 12:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Austin, MN | STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. |
| Sep 22, 12:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Fountain, MN | WATER WAS OVER COUNTY HIGHWAY 8 WEST OF FOUNTAIN. |
| Sep 22, 1:09 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Mapleview, MN | INTERSTATE 90 WAS BEING CLOSED BETWEEN OAKLAND AVE NW AND 6TH AVE NE DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 596 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted.
696
WGUS53 KARX 220444
FFWARX
MNC045-055-099-220745-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0047.160922T0444Z-160922T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1144 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 1141 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE NORTH. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO ONSET RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
* RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND
TOTALS OF 5 INCHES COULD OCCUR WITHIN 2-3 HOURS.
* THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH
THESE STORMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...LA CRESCENT...CALEDONIA...PRESTON...RAMSEY...CHATFIELD...
SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...SPRING GROVE...GRAND MEADOW...HARMONY...
HOUSTON...LE ROY...ADAMS...MABEL...LANESBORO...BROWNSDALE...
HOKAH AND LYLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS
AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9305 4383 9257 4385 9129 4378 9124
4361 9127 4358 9123 4350 9122 4350 9305
$$
DAB1 follow-up statement
061
WGUS73 KARX 220613
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
113 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
MNC045-055-099-220745-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160922T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOWER MN-FILLMORE MN-HOUSTON MN-
113 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
MOWER...FILLMORE AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...
AT 109 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES ARE OVER AN
INCH PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* AT 1110 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CLOSING I-90 THROUGH AUSTIN AS THE
ROAD IS FLOODING. FILLMORE COUNTY REPORTS WATER OVER ROADS IN
THE COUNTY AS WELL.
* BE VERY CAREFUL IF TRAVELING TONIGHT! THERE COULD BE POCKETS OF
DANGEROUS FLOODING...SLOW DOWN AND STAY AWARE!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...LA CRESCENT...CALEDONIA...PRESTON...RAMSEY...CHATFIELD...
SPRING VALLEY...RUSHFORD...SPRING GROVE...GRAND MEADOW...HARMONY...
HOUSTON...LE ROY...ADAMS...MABEL...LANESBORO...BROWNSDALE...
HOKAH AND LYLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9129 4378 9124 4361 9127 4358 9123
4350 9122 4350 9305 4385 9305 4383 9257
$$
DABThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 44 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 53 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 59 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 41 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 2:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 12 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 25 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 3 days |
| Sep 22, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 3 days |
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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.