Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
- Jun 14, 2016, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Barneveld, WI | APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 745 AND 930 PM. |
| Jun 14, 11:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Blue Mounds, WI | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A RESIDENCE HAS FLOODED. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| Jun 14, 11:12 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 1 S Mount Horeb, WI | 4 INCH RAIN GAUGE HAS OVERFLOWED. STILL RAINING STEADILY AT THIS TIME. |
| Jun 14, 11:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Blue Mounds, WI | STORM TOTAL MEASURED AS OF 1130 PM CDT. |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted.
015 WGUS53 KMKX 150150 FFWMKX WIC025-045-049-065-150545- /O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0002.160615T0150Z-160615T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 850 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MOUNT HOREB...DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...CROSS PLAINS... SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...ARGYLE...BLANCHARDVILLE...SOMERS... BARNEVELD...WIOTA...BLUE MOUNDS...RIDGEWAY...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS... SOUTH WAYNE...LAMONT AND REWEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 4292 9043 4314 8956 4251 8982 4251 9042 $$ HENTZ
1 follow-up statement
585 WGUS73 KMKX 150326 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1026 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 WIC025-045-049-065-150545- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160615T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IOWA WI-DANE WI-LAFAYETTE WI-GREEN WI- 1026 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN IOWA...SOUTHWESTERN DANE...LAFAYETTE AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTIES... AT 1022 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MOUNT HOREB...DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...CROSS PLAINS... SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...ARGYLE...BLANCHARDVILLE...SOMERS... BARNEVELD...WIOTA...BLUE MOUNDS...RIDGEWAY...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...SOUTH WAYNE...LAMONT AND REWEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 4292 9043 4314 8956 4251 8982 4251 9042 $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 93 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.