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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 9, 2018Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2018, 1:49 AM CDT for Grant 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
Jun 9, 2018, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2018, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2018-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2018-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WGUS53 KARX 090649
FFWARX
WIC043-090945-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0001.180609T0649Z-180609T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
149 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2018

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Grant County in southwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 445 AM CDT

* At 146 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates indicate 2 to 3 
  inches of rain has already fallen near North Andover and Beetown, 
  impacting Rattlesnake Creek. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Bloomington, Beetown, Potosi, Bagley, Tennyson, Patch Grove, Big H
  Campground, Wyalusing State Park, Rockville, Porters Bridge,
  Burton, North Andover, Hurricane and Brodtville.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4267 9088 4278 9101 4299 9116 4300 9113
      4299 9106 4300 9104 4271 9060 4266 9082

$$

RRS
1 follow-up statement
213 
WGUS73 KARX 090811
FFSARX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
311 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2018

WIC043-090945-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180609T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grant WI-
311 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...

At 308 AM CDT, showers and thunderstorms were diminishing and moving 
out of the warned area. However, radar estimates indicate 3 to 
locally 6 inches of rain had fallen across parts of the warned area 
between midnight and 3 am. The heaviest rains fell in the Beetown to 
North Andover to east of Bagley area, impacting Rattlesnake Creek. 
Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...Bloomington, 
Beetown, Potosi, Bagley, Tennyson, Patch Grove, Big H Campground, 
Wyalusing State Park, Rockville, Porters Bridge, Burton, North 
Andover, Hurricane and Brodtville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4267 9088 4278 9101 4299 9116 4300 9113
      4299 9106 4300 9104 4271 9060 4266 9082

$$

RRS

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant3 hr
Jun 9, 7:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningARXGrant3 hr
Jun 9, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXCrawford, Grant14 hr

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.