Runoff from heavy rains in the early and middle parts of May produced a second round of flooding along parts of the Mississippi River for portions of western Wisconsin.
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Runoff from heavy rains in the early and middle parts of May produced a second round of flooding along parts of the Mississippi River for portions of western Wisconsin.
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 May 16, 11:40 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1240 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 312 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION WITH SEVERAL WEAK VORTICES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. LATEST MOSAIC RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SPRINKLES OVER WESTER WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE 16.00Z GFS/NAM ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN MAINTAINING THE REGION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GFS/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOWING STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. WITH THE STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND COOLER AIR ALOFT OVER THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. NEXT CONCERN IS FROST DEVELOPMENT OVER THE EASTERN FORECAST AREAS TONIGHT. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUING TO ROTATE CLOUDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE IF SKIES CLEAR OR HOLES DEVELOP IN THE CLOUD COVER TO ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP ACROSS FORECAST AREA. THE LATEST 16.00Z GFS/NAM HINT AT SOME HOLES OR SKIES PARTIALLY CLEAR OVER PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. IF AREA DOES SEE SOME CLEARING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 30S AND FROST WILL DEVELOP. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 312 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH BREAKS DOWN AND RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST BY 12Z SUNDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ENABLES WARMER AIR TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AFTER 12Z SUNDAY. THE 16.00Z GFS/NAM INDICATE 850MB TEMPERATURES WARMING TO AROUND PLUS 6 DEGREES CELSIUS BY 00Z MONDAY ACROSS FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO INTO THE 60S ON SUNDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THE 16.00Z GFS/ECMWF/GEM FLATTENS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND DEVELOPS WEST TO EAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THE MODELS INDICATE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE ZONAL FLOW TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS IS TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF EACH SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON WHERE THE PRECIPITATION OCCURS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE 16.00Z GFS/ECMWF/GEM INDICATE INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE OVER FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF THE FIRST IMPULSE EMBEDDED IN THE WEST TO EAST ZONAL FLOW. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEN...DEPENDING ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS AND INTERACTION WITH SURFACE FRONT...CONFIDENCE OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES DROPS BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1240 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 A FEW VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION WITH A FEW REPORTS COMING IN OF SLEET MIXING IN AT TIMES. THESE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING AS THE SUN SETS. CONDITIONS ARE VFR THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND WILL STAY THAT WAY THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AS A DRY AIR MASS IS IN PLACE. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT THIS EVENING WITH WINDS LIGHTENING UP AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 312 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 WATER LEVELS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR EXPECTED TO OCCUR INTO NEXT WEEK. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION...LOOK ON OUR INTERNET PAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE. CLICK ON THE NEWS STORY AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE PERTAINING TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DTJ LONG TERM....DTJ AVIATION...HALBACH HYDROLOGY....DTJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 423 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032-033-041-053-054-061-171100- ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- 423 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...IN SHELTERED...COLD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN SHELTERED...COLD PRONE AREAS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NECESSARY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ055-171100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE-RICHLAND- 423 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN SHELTERED...COLD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN SHELTERED...COLD PRONE AREAS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NECESSARY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-171100- TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- 423 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED COLD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN SHELTERED...COLD PRONE AREAS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. RRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Runoff from heavy rains in the early and middle parts of May produced a second round of flooding along the Mississippi River in La Crosse. The river crested less than a quarter of a foot above the flood stage at 12.18 feet.
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