Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 4:20 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- May 31, 2016, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | 2 Ene Bloomer, WI | WATER OVER ROAD AT HWY 40 AND 64. |
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.2 | Elk Mound, WI | NUMEROUS CITY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAIN IN ELK MOUND. |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369 WGUS53 KMPX 312120 FFWMPX WIC017-033-035-010115- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0001.160531T2120Z-160601T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 419 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EAU CLAIRE...LAKE HALLIE...BLOOMER...COLFAX...ELK MOUND AND EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT. 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4512 9143 4475 9148 4476 9182 4513 9173 $$ JPC
3 follow-up statements
466 WGUS73 KMPX 312234 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 534 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 WIC017-033-035-010115- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI- 534 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN...NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES... AT 534 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EAU CLAIRE...LAKE HALLIE...BLOOMER...COLFAX...ELK MOUND AND EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4512 9143 4475 9148 4476 9182 4513 9173 $$ JPC
672
WGUS73 KMPX 312345
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WIC033-035-312352-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHWESTERN EAU
CLAIRE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT AS THE
RAINFALL HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LINGERING FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW
LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE AS WELL AS ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES SO
PLEASE HEED ANY DIRECTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS.
LAT...LON 4486 9147 4486 9165 4498 9166 4512 9165
4512 9167 4513 9166 4512 9143
$$
WIC017-010115-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHIPPEWA WI-
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EAU CLAIRE...LAKE HALLIE...BLOOMER AND EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9147 4486 9165 4498 9166 4512 9165
4512 9167 4513 9166 4512 9143
$$
JPC492
WGUS73 KMPX 010107
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
807 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WIC017-010115-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHIPPEWA WI-
807 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT AS THE
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LINGERING
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE AS WELL
AS ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES SO PLEASE HEED ANY DIRECTIONS FROM
LOCAL OFFICIALS.
LAT...LON 4486 9147 4486 9165 4498 9166 4512 9165
4512 9167 4513 9166 4512 9143
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 23 min |
| May 31, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 48 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.