Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, June 18 to 19, 2014

Name: Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, June 18 to 19, 2014
Start: 2014-06-18T06:00
End: 2014-06-19T17:45
Location: Wisconsin

June 18 to 19, 2014 · NWS ARX · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

For the second day in a row, thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin. A round of storms developed during the early morning hours of June 19th along a warm front and then a second round developed during the afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $7,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 5:35 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:35 AM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
635 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...SHRA/TSRA/SEVERE CHANCES AND
HEAVY RAIN THREAT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

DATA ANALYSIS AT 06Z HAD LOW PRESSURE IN FAR NORTHEAST CO WITH A
WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTHEAST ACROSS NEB THEN ACROSS NORTHERN IA.
THIS BOUNDARY AND LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE
OF A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS INTO/OVER IT REMAIN THE MAIN
FORCING MECHANISMS FOR SHRA/TSRA ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS
MORNING. AFTER A LULL/SLOW START THRU MUCH OF THE EVENING...
CONVECTION GENERALLY INCREASING FROM SOUTHEAST SD TO MUCH OF WI
EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST CELLS SLOWER MOVING THIS MORNING...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

NO BIG PROBLEMS NOTED WITH 18.00Z MODEL INITIALIZATIONS. SOLUTIONS
RATHER SIMILAR IN THE LARGER SCALE FOR TODAY/TONIGHT AS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES LOW/TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. TREND FAVORS
FASTER OF THE EARLIER RUNS WITH THE PORTION OF THE TROUGH MOVING
INTO NEB/SD/ND BY 12Z THU. BETTER CONSENSUS OF THE SFC LOW/TROUGH/
FRONT TO NEAR THE MN/DAKOTAS BORDER AT 12Z THU. HOWEVER...PLENTY OF
MESO-SCALE/LOWER-LEVEL DETAIL DIFFERENCES...WHICH IMPACT CONVECTIVE
EVOLUTION THE NEXT 24-36 HRS. GIVEN THESE DETAIL DIFFERENCES WITH
IMPACTS ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER...SHORT-TERM FCST CONFIDENCE IS
AVERAGE AT BEST THIS CYCLE.

SHORT-TERM FCST PROBLEMATIC THIS CYCLE WITH NAM/GFS/ECMWF/CAN-GEM
STRUGGLING ON CONVECTION TIMING/PLACEMENT EARLY THIS MORNING. LATEST
HRRR AND RAP13 HIGH-RES/WRF RUNS DOING BETTER CAPTURING SHRA/TSRA
TRENDS EARLY THIS MORNING. SHRA/TSRA MOTION GRADUALLY BECOMING
EASTERLY AS CONVECTION/COMPLEX MATURES AND TAKES ON THE CORFIDI
VECTOR MOTION...AND HEADING INTO THE FCST AREA. MAINTENANCE AS IT
COMES EAST THRU THE MID MORNING HOURS IS THE BIGGER QUESTION. THE
STRONGER OF THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE
PROGGED TO REMAIN OVER NORTHWEST IA...AND WEAKENS THRU 12Z AND 18Z
TODAY. HOWEVER MODELS INDICATE CONVERGENCE ON THE NOSE OF 925-850MB
LOW LEVEL JET REMAINS OVER NORTHERN IA/SOUTHERN MN THRU AT LEAST
12Z. WILL FOLLOW TRENDS OF HRRR/RUC13 AND CARRY LIKELY/CATEGORICAL
MENTION OF SHRA/TSRA EARLY THIS MORNING...TRENDING DOWNWARD THRU THE
MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET CONVERGENCE/INFLOW GRADUALLY WEAKEN...
BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN THIS. LOWER LEVEL FORCING/LIFT
INCREASES AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE FRONT PROGGED TO BE JUST SOUTHWEST
OF THE FCST AREA AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE LOOKING TO APPROACH FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. CONTINUED THE 60-70 PERCENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES TONIGHT.

WITH PW VALUES OF AROUND 1.75 INCHES OR HIGHER IN THE INFLOW AIR...
WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF AROUND 4KM AND THE SLOWER STORM MOTION...TSRA
WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN RATES OF 1-2 INCHES/HR. FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WAS DUE TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM THIS MORNING. WILL EXTEND THIS
TO 7 AM THU. GIVEN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS
OVER THE AREA AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR FOCUSING LOWER LEVEL
CONVERGENCE/LIFT OF THIS AIRMASS IN THE AREA...THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINS/FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TONIGHT. EXPECTATIONS ARE THERE WILL
BE A LULL IN THE SHRA/TSRA IN THE FCST AREA AROUND MID-DAY TODAY...
BUT SEEMS EASIER TO JUST RUN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU 12Z THU.
EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS MAY OCCUR REMAINS IN QUESTION BUT 3
HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE FCST AREA ARE
AROUND 2 INCHES OR LESS. SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE TSRA CONTINUES
TODAY/TONIGHT...SEE SWODY1 FOR DETAILS.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THU THRU FRI NIGHT...CONTINUED
HIGHER SHRA/TSRA CHANCES...SEVERE/HEAVY RAIN THREATS THU/THU NIGHT.

18.00Z MODELS OFFER SLOWLY IMPROVING AGREEMENT THU THRU FRI NIGHT AS
THE US/CAN BORDER MID LEVEL LOW SLOWLY MOVES EAST AND PUSHES 2 LOWER
LEVEL/SFC TROUGH/FRONTS INTO THE FCST AREA. FIRST OF THESE TO
ADVANCE IN THU NIGHT AND THE SECOND TO PUSH TOWARD THE AREA FRI
NIGHT. PLENTY OF MESO-SCALE/LOWER LEVEL DETAIL DIFFERENCES CONTINUE
IN THE THU-FRI NIGHT PERIOD...MAKING FCST CONFIDENCE THIS PERIOD
ALSO AVERAGE AT BEST.

FIRST LOWER LEVEL TROUGH FRONT TO HAVE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF PW AHEAD
OF IT THU. WITH FALLING HGTS ALOFT AND WEAK SHORTWAVES ROTATING THRU
THE FLOW AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL LOW....LIFT/DIVERGENCE ALOFT TO AID
CONVECTION THU. STRONGER OF THE LOWER LEVEL FORCING/LIFT SPREADS
ACROSS THE AREA THU...SLOWLY TRANSLATING EAST OF THE AREA THU NIGHT.
CONTINUED THE 60-75 PERCENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES THU...TRENDING
DOWNWARD AND EASTWARD THU NIGHT. POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR MORE
DOWNPOURS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THU/THU NIGHT...AND IN TIME WILL
LIKELY HAVE TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU THU/THU NIGHT. WITH
SOME INCREASE OF 0-6KM BULK SHEAR THU/THU EVENING...A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THU. SEE SWODY2 FOR
DETAILS. THIS THU/THU EVENING RISK MAY BE MUTED IF CONVECTION IS
ONGOING OR DEVELOPS ALREADY THU MORNING.

BY THE TIME THE SECOND LOWER LEVEL TROUGH/FRONT ARRIVES MORE
WESTERLY 850-700MB FLOW BEHIND THE FIRST TROUGH/FRONT WILL HAVE
PUSHED SOME OF THE DEEPER/HIGHER PW AIRMASS EAST OF THE AREA. WITH
THE AREA BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS FRI...LESSER SHRA/TSRA CHANCES OR
TRENDING TOWARD DRY SEEMS REASONABLE. SOME INCREASE OF LOWER LEVEL
MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THERMO-DYNAMIC FORCING FRI NIGHT AS THE SFC-850MB
TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE AREA. 20-40 PERCENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES BY
LATER FRI NIGHT ALSO REASONABLE. USED A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE HIGHS
LOWS FOR THU THRU FRI NIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.../DAYS 4-7/...

ONCE AGAIN...DID NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE DETAILS IN
THE DAY 4-7 PORTION OF THE FCST.

18.00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WEAKEN AND TRACK THE US/CAN BORDER LOW
FURTHER NORTH/EAST SAT...WITH BROAD WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. BETWEEN MODEL AND RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY
BREAKS DOWN SUNDAY AS RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS OVER CENTRAL NOAM AND
ANOTHER STRONGER TROUGH DROPS DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THIS RIDGE
TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. PLENTY OF TIMING/DETAIL DIFFERENCES
WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THIS TROUGHING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BY
MON/TUE. NEEDLESS TO DAY...CONFIDENCE IN THE SAT-TUE PORTION OF THE
FCST IS BELOW AVERAGE.

MID LEVEL FLOW PATTERN SUGGESTS A SERIES OF LOWER LEVEL TROUGHS AND
ROUNDS OF INCREASED MOISTURE/FORCING/LIFT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
SAT THRU TUE. THIS PERIOD LOOKS DRIER THAN THIS WEEK...BUT MODEL/
ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS HAS PERSISTENT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES MUCH OF THE
PERIOD...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. BY
SUNDAY...WITH MORE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND THE NORTHERN STREAM
TROUGHING BRINGING COOLER MID LEVEL AIR TO THE REGION...TEMPS FOR
SUN-TUE DO LOOK TO COOL TO MORE NEAR NORMAL VALUES...WITH LOWER DEW
POINTS/HUMIDITY VALUES. MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS HIGHS/LOWS FOR SAT
THRU TUE APPEAR TO HAVE THIS WELL TRENDED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 535 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

PERIODS OF TS/SHRA WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRYING TO
PINPOINT THE HIGHEST THREAT TIME...AND THE ACCOMPANYING IFR/MVFR
CONDITIONS ARE PROBLEMATIC. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ADVANCED EAST OF THE
KRST/KLSE...AND NOT ANTICIPATING MORE STORMS /OTHER THAN A STRAY ONE
THROUGH 9 AM/ THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
INSTABILITY AND INCREASING MOISTURE TRANSPORT SHOULD LEAD TO RE-
IGNITION OF SHOWERS/STORMS AROUND THE WEST-EAST RUNNING FRONT LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT. GOING TO
ADD A TEMPO GROUP TOWARD THIS TIME TO INDICATE THE LIKELY-HOOD OF
STORMS DURING THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN THE
EXACT TIMING...NOR THAT THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PERIOD WITH IFR/MVFR
STORMS. ANTICIPATE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AROUND ANY STORM.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THU NIGHT...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2.0
INCHES AND WARM CLOUD DEPTHS APPROACHING 4.0 KM. TSRA WILL CONTINUE
TO BE EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS. REPEATED ROUNDS OF THESE TSRA WILL
PRODUCE A HEIGHTENED FLASH FLOOD THREAT THRU THU NIGHT. HAVE
EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE FCST AREA THRU 7 AM
THURSDAY...AND THIS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR THRU THU/THU
NIGHT.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR WIZ032-033-
     041>044-053>055-061.

MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR MNZ079-086>088-
     094>096.

IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR IAZ008>011-018-
     019-029-030.

&&

SHORT TERM...RRS
LONG TERM....RRS
AVIATION.....RIECK
HYDROLOGY....RRS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:32 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
432 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-191000-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
432 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ONE ROUND OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS
WILL MOVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH 9 AM. THE MAIN
SEVERE THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH
MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
TIMING IS UNCERTAIN WITH THIS ROUND OF STORMS BUT IT APPEARS TO
BE DURING THE MID EVENING TO OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS WOULD BE THE MAIN
THREATS. IF STORMS OCCUR EARLIER IN THE EVENING...AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREATS WOULD BE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING.

CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS...CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO DISCERN IF THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH
ANY OF THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.

RRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:38 AM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
638 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PLATTEVILLE             42.74N 90.48W
06/18/2014  M1.50 INCH       GRANT              WI   PUBLIC

&&

NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:40 AM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
640 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S WEST SALEM          43.87N 91.08W
06/18/2014                   LA CROSSE          WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREES DOWN OVER COUNTY ROAD M SOUTH OF WEST SALEM.

&&

RODS

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:42 AM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
642 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 AM     FLASH FLOOD      10 E BLACK RIVER FALLS  44.30N 90.64W
06/18/2014                   JACKSON            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER REPORTED OVER NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS EASTERN JACKSON
            COUNTY.

&&

RODS

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:49 AM CST, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
649 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

IAZ030-WIZ055-061-181215-
CLAYTON-RICHLAND-GRANT-
649 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLAYTON...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 648 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICHLAND CENTER TO NEAR FENNIMORE TO NEAR
LUXEMBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE
STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH.

THE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES OR BRANCHES. TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLATTEVILLE...RICHLAND CENTER...LANCASTER...CUBA CITY...MUSCODA...
HAZEL GREEN...DICKEYVILLE...PRESTON...GEORGETOWN...LONE ROCK...
ARTHUR...MONTFORT...POTOSI...LIVINGSTON...ELLENBORO...TENNYSON...
UNION AND NORTH BUENA VISTA.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4263 9070 4265 9075 4267 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9100 4296 9062 4335 9034 4334 9020
      4333 9019 4317 9020 4321 9030 4320 9043
      4251 9042 4251 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 291DEG 29KT 4332 9027 4295 9055 4256 9104

AJ

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:54 AM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
654 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BLACK RIVER FALLS       44.30N 90.85W
06/18/2014  E3.05 INCH       JACKSON            WI   PUBLIC

&&

NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:55 AM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
655 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0647 AM     HAIL             FENNIMORE               42.98N 90.65W
06/18/2014  E1.00 INCH       GRANT              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RODS

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:58 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Grant

When: June 18, 6:00 AM CST to June 19, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Grant County, 0.51 mi W of Sinsinawa
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 42.520, -90.540

Near Sinsinawa, 3.78 inches of rain fell.

Flood, Grant

When: June 19, 12:15 AM CST to 1:15 AM CST
Where: Grant County, 1.21 mi NNW of Muscoda to 1.34 mi S of Muscoda
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 43.196, -90.461

Runoff from heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Muscoda.

Flash Flood, Grant

When: June 19, 3:56 AM CST to 5:30 AM CST
Where: Grant County, 0.36 mi SW of Potosi to 0.34 mi SW of Potosi
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 42.677, -90.726

Runoff from heavy rains caused a mud and rock slide to occur in Potosi closing State Highway 133.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: June 19, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Grant County, 1.67 mi ENE of Tennyson
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 42.690, -90.650

A few trees were blown down along County Road O between Potosi and Platteville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: June 19, 3:08 PM CST
Where: Grant County, 2.87 mi E of Woodman
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 43.076, -90.743

Trees were blown down southwest of Boscobel along Wisconsin River Valley Road.

Flood, Crawford

When: June 19, 4:07 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, 1.46 mi NE of Prairie du Chien to 0.66 mi NNW of Prairie du Chien
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 43.067, -91.133

Runoff from heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Prairie du Chien.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, June 2014

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 525246, 525233, 521514, 525327, 525328, 525325.