Flooding that began in March along the Mississippi River temporarily ended in early May.
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The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Flooding that began in March along the Mississippi River temporarily ended in early May.
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 Apr 30, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service La Crosse WI 1045 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 207 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 The month of April is ending on a damp, cool note with temps this afternoon holding mostly in the 40s for most locales with widespread low clouds blanketing much of the Midwest. Water vapor imagery early this afternoon indicated a messy southwest flow pattern focused across the central US with several embedded shortwaves. Showers will increase in coverage into tonight in association with a stronger slug of low to mid-level warm advection and deeper moisture ahead of a more pronounced shortwave trough as a weak surface low tracks from the central plains towards southern Lake Michigan on Wednesday. The strongest low-level moisture transport still appears to be focused southeast of the area which will keep the heavier rain south of the region. Amounts tonight into early Wednesday morning generally look to range from 1/4 to 1/2 inches. With the stronger, deeper ascent ahead of the shortwave trough tonight, a few rumbles of thunder are possible south of I-90, but instability looks very limited, with the HREF indicating very little in the way of MUCAPE over the area. Mid-level heights will rise on Wednesday in between shortwave troughs. Accordingly, rain will exit to the east in the morning with much of the afternoon looking dry. However, clouds will likely hang around through the day with temps remaining below average in the mid 40s to mid 50s over the area. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday) Issued at 207 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 The next chance for rain will be in the Wednesday night and Thursday time frame. Another short wave trough looks to come out of the western long wave trough and slide across the Upper Midwest. This short wave trough is expected to primarily move past the local area to the northwest with only some weak pv advection in the 500-300 mb layer. A second short wave trough looks to pass south of the area through the middle Mississippi River Valley with the best forcing from this wave staying to the south. A surface low will be tied to the southern wave and some weak frontogenesis on the north side of the low in the 850-500 mb layer looks to come across the area. This looks to be about the only forcing for the local area so the rain chances look to be on the lower side and look to top out around 40 to 50 percent Thursday morning. A weak cold front will push into the region to start the upcoming weekend, but at this time, the forcing along this front looks to be pretty minimal. The short wave trough associated with the front will be weakening as it gets caught in the transition from southwest to a more zonal pattern and also looks to remain along the Canadian border. Will just have some very small chances Friday night and Saturday as this system moves through the area. Some additional chances will then quickly move for Saturday night into Sunday. An upper level low moving across southern Canada will push a surface low by to the north. Some rain looks to be possible along the trailing front from this surface low, but again, the forcing for now looks pretty minimal with just some lower end rain chances. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night) Issued at 1045 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 Cigs: low clouds are going to hold fast across the region into Thu. Could see a few hundred feet drop tonight, with some minor improvement then by Wed afternoon. Not looking to break out of the low cigs until later Thu afternoon-night. WX/vsby: -shra will continue through the overnight as upper level shortwave spins across the area. Some reductions of vsby expected - mostly mvfr, but can't completely rule out IFR. Showers should pull east/northeast around 12z Wed. Winds: east tonight, gradually shifting northeast to north on Wed - lightening up a bit later in the day Wed. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. MN...None. IA...None. && SHORT TERM...JM LONG TERM...04 AVIATION...Rieck
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service La Crosse WI 901 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032-033-041-053>055-061-011015- Allamakee-Clayton-Wabasha-Winona-Houston-Buffalo-Trempealeau- La Crosse-Vernon-Crawford-Richland-Grant- 901 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for parts of northeast Iowa...southeast Minnesota...and southwest and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight Flooding continues along portions of the Mississippi River. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Flooding will continue along parts of the Mississippi River. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... No action is needed. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ017-029-034-042>044- 011015- Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Dodge-Olmsted- Mower-Fillmore-Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams- 901 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central and north central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... No action is needed. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding along the Mississippi River at Wabasha that began in March, temporarily ended in early May.
Flooding along the Mississippi River at Winona that began in March, temporarily ended in early May.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 2019
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: 827309, 827310.