Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1992, 9:34 AM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1992, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Waushara County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 1874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 161435 FFWMSN WIC137-001-047-057-077-103-111-162030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 934 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WAUSHARA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...ADAMS COUNTY...GREEN LAKE COUNTY...JUNEAU COUNTY ...MARQUETTE COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY...SAUK COUNTY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN FALLING OVER JUNEAU...ADAMS...WAUSHARA...GREEN LAKE...MARQUETTE...SAUK...AND RICHLAND COUNTIES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MANY AREAS. NUMEROUS ROADS AND FIELDS ARE FLOODED AND MANY STREAMS ARE AT OR APPROACHING BANK FULL. NUMEROUS MUDSLIDES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MANY WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. THE THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DO 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 OCCUR 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. PIERCE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
WIZ008-012-161000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 345 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...STRONG REDEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 340 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BROWN AND NORTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOW LOCATED NEAR RURAL IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF APPLETON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN WINNEBAGO AND SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES BY 430 AM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WEYAUWEGA...FREMONT...AND READFIELD. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CO2NDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON RAODWAYS. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
WIZ008-012-161000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 345 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 340 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BROWN AND NORTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOW LOCATED NEAR RURAL IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF APPLETON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN WINNEBAGO AND SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES BY 430 AM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WEYAUWEGA...FREMONT...AND READFIELD. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. REM@AIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON RAODWAYS. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-161045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 445 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE FOX CITIES... AT 440 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BONDUEL...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...TO NEAR WAUTOMA...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN OUTAGAMIE AND NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES BY 530 AM. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE APPLETON AREA BY 515 AM...AND THE NEENAH/MENASHA AREA BY 530 AM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THIS RAIN AREA WAS SPREADING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. . THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-161230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 605 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...A RAINY MORNING IS IN STORE FOR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 600 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ONLY AREAS THAT WERE STILL RAIN FREE WERE LAKESHORE LOCATIONS SOUTH OF MANITOWOC. THE RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THESE AREAS BY 700 AM. OVERALL...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR...BUT RADAR STILL SHOWED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WINNEBAGO COUNTY NEAR OSHKOSH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 615 AM AND INTO CALUMET COUNTY NEAR CHILTON BY 645 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ANYONE TRAVELLING ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING...THEN RISE INTO THE 70S BY ABOUT 10 AM. RATHER HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER ABOUT 10 AM. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 7:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-161345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 715 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...A RAINY MORNING IS IN STORE FOR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 715 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RADAR STILL SHOWED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THEY SHOULD MOVE OVER CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 745 AM. ANYONE TRAVELLING ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. SINCE ABOUT 600 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. . TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING...THEN RISE INTO THE 70S BY ABOUT 10 AM. RATHER HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST. SOUTHWEST WINDS hWILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER ABOUT 10 AM. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 9:31 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
WIZ008-009-012-013-161600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 925 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 920 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN EAST OF GREEN BAY EXTENDING INTO WESTERN KEWAUNEE AND NORTHWEST MANITOWOC COUNTIES. LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. SINCE MIDNIGHT THE RAINFALL HAS TOTALED EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH IN GREEN BAY...AND REPORTS OF NEARLY 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM OSHKOSH IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE MORNING WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN WINNEBAGO AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES. MINOR FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY IN WINNEBAGO AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Richland | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Columbia | 6 hr |
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.