Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT for Dane County, Iowa County, Sauk 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
- Jul 21, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 4571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 17.9
The text
As transmitted.
949
WGUS53 KMKX 220022
FFWMKX
WIC025-049-111-220315-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0006.160722T0022Z-160722T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
722 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WEST CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
REEDSBURG...MOUNT HOREB...MAZOMANIE...SPRING GREEN...BLUE MOUNDS...
ARENA...PLAIN...AVOCA...LA VALLE...LOGANVILLE...IRONTON...
LIME RIDGE...LELAND...HILL POINT AND BLUE MOUND ST PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4321 9033 4317 9019 4355 9019 4356 9031
4364 9031 4364 9012 4339 8990 4297 8969
4315 9032
$$
JTS2 follow-up statements
103
WGUS73 KMKX 220054
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
754 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
WIC025-049-111-220315-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160722T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IOWA WI-SAUK WI-DANE WI-
754 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA...SOUTHWESTERN SAUK AND WEST CENTRAL DANE
COUNTIES...
AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN SAUK COUNTY
SINCE 6 PM.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...MAZOMANIE...SPRING GREEN...BLUE MOUNDS...ARENA...
PLAIN...AVOCA...LOGANVILLE...LIME RIDGE...LELAND...
BLUE MOUND ST PARK AND HILL POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4321 9033 4317 9019 4350 9019 4348 9005
4348 9000 4339 8990 4297 8969 4315 9032
$$
JTS/MBK450
WGUS73 KMKX 220123
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
823 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
WIC025-049-111-220315-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160722T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IOWA WI-SAUK WI-DANE WI-
823 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA...SOUTHWESTERN SAUK AND WEST CENTRAL DANE
COUNTIES...
AT 819 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN REMAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN
ONE HALF INCH AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES AS HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...SPRING GREEN...BLUE MOUNDS...ARENA...
AVOCA AND BLUE MOUND ST PARK.
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.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4321 9033 4317 9019 4329 9018 4325 9004
4322 8994 4321 8984 4297 8969 4315 9032
$$
MBKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 94 min | |
| Jul 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 82 min |
| Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 21, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Walworth, Waukesha | 88 min |
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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.