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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2018, 2:54 AM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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
- Aug 28, 2018, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2018, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:14 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Elroy, WI | REPORTS OF WATER OVER WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN NEW LISBON AND ELROY |
| Aug 28, 4:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Wonewoc, WI | WATER OVER PARTS OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 33 BETWEEN WONEWOC AND UNION CENTER IN FAR SOUTHWEST PARTS OF JUNEAU COUNTY |
| Aug 28, 4:21 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ene Elroy, WI | PARTS OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 82 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER BETWEEN ELROY AND MAUSTON |
| Aug 28, 5:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Mauston, WI | WATER OVER PARTS OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 58 SOUTH OF MAUSTON |
| Aug 28, 5:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Mauston, WI | WATER OVER PARTS OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 58 SOUTH OF MAUSTON. |
| Aug 28, 5:23 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.31 | 2 Wnw Wisconsin Dells, WI | MESONET STATION E8896, 2 WNW WISCONSIN DELLS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
587 WGUS53 KARX 280754 FFWARX WIC001-057-281045- /O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0016.180828T0754Z-180828T1045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service La Crosse WI 254 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018 The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Juneau County in central Wisconsin... Southern Adams County in central Wisconsin... * Until 545 AM CDT. * At 249 AM CDT, heavy rain continues across the warned area. Radar estimates 3 to 7 inches of rain has fallen already. Flash flooding is occurring. Law enforcement reported water over the roadway on Highway 33 near Union City and near Wonewoc. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mauston, New Lisbon, Adams, Elroy, Wonewoc, Lemonweir, Lindina, Camp Douglas, Lyndon Station, Union Center, Hustler, Dells Timberland Campground, Johnson Hill, Stand Rock Campground and Big Spring. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 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. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4364 9031 4391 9031 4398 8960 4364 8960 $$ DAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Taylor | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 111 min |
| Aug 27, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 58 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 114 min |
| Aug 28, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 55 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 7 days |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 14 days |
| Aug 28, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 14 days |
| Aug 28, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Juneau, Monroe | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 1:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 33 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Vernon | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams | 17 min |
| Aug 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 12 hr |
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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.