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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 29, 1990Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1990, 7:29 AM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 7:29 AM CDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 9:25 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 291230
FFWMSN
WIC045-103-291430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
729 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON WIHAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...GREEN...RICHLAND
 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CONTINUE TO HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS AND THE
RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION. SOME ROADS HAVE HAD MUDSIDES
AND POSE A SUDDEN HAZARD.
 
 
D NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OcCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
STIMACH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen, Rock57 min
Jun 29, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBGreen, Iowa2 hr
Jun 29, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBRichland62 min
Jun 29, 6:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBRichland67 min
Jun 29, 7:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBGreen116 min

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.