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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2016, 1:47 AM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota; Mitchell County, Iowa. 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
- Jul 17, 2016, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mitchell County, IA, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
757
WGUS53 KARX 170647
FFWARX
IAC131-MNC099-170945-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0006.160717T0647Z-160717T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
147 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 147 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OSAGE...ST. ANSGAR...ADAMS...RICEVILLE...LYLE...STACYVILLE...
ROSE CREEK...MITCHELL...MCINTIRE...CARPENTER...ORCHARD...TAOPI...
BROWNVILLE...OTRANTO PARK...VARCO...RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND...MONA...
NEW HAVEN...TOETERVILLE AND MEYER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9305 4361 9256 4321 9255 4321 9302
4350 9303 4350 9305
$$
WETENKAMP2 follow-up statements
990
WGUS73 KARX 170817
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
317 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
IAC131-MNC099-170945-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160717T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL IA-MOWER MN-
317 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN MOWER COUNTIES...
AT 316 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OSAGE...ST. ANSGAR...ADAMS...RICEVILLE...LYLE...STACYVILLE...
ROSE CREEK...MITCHELL...MCINTIRE...CARPENTER...ORCHARD...TAOPI...
BROWNVILLE...OTRANTO PARK...VARCO...RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND...MONA...
NEW HAVEN...TOETERVILLE AND MEYER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9305 4361 9256 4321 9255 4321 9302
4350 9303 4350 9305
$$
WETENKAMP560
WGUS73 KARX 170944
FFSARX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
IAC131-MNC099-170952-
/O.EXP.KARX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160717T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL IA-MOWER MN-
444 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN MOWER COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE THERE MAY STILL
BE SOME AREAS WHERE WATER IS PONDED IN LOW SPOTS AND CREEKS ARE
RUNNING HIGH, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY
OUT OF ANY FLOODED AREAS.
LAT...LON 4364 9305 4361 9256 4321 9255 4321 9302
4350 9303 4350 9305
$$
MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 93 min |
| Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fillmore | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Dodge | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 80 min |
| Jul 17, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.