Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 9:35 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 060237 FFWMSN WIC021-025-060730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 935 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...DANE COUNTY AT 935 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. 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, Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
WIZ012-060045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 649 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 645 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH OR NEAR WINNECONNE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 7 PM AND INTO THE NEENAH/MENASHA AREA BY 715 PM THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
WIZ012-060045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 649 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 645 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH OR NEAR WINNECONNE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 7 PM AND INTO THE NEENAH/MENASHA AREA BY 715 PM THESE STORMS WILL PROD UCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WIZ008-012-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 711 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FOX CITIES... AT 705 PM...RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FOX CITIES AREA...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF APPLETON OR IN THE LITTLE CHUTE AND KAUKAUNA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FOX CITIES AREA UNTIL 745 PM. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY NEAR WRIGHTSTOWN AND GREENLEAF BY 730 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
WIZ008-012-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 711 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FOX CITIES... AT 705 PM...RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FOX CITIES AREA...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF APPLETON OR IN THE LITTLE CHUTE AND KAUKAUNA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FOX CITIES AREA UNTIL 745 PM. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY NEAR WRIGHTSTOWN AND GREENLEAF BY 730 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. n ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
WIZ008-009-012-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 759 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALUMET COUNTY... AT 755 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF MANITOWOC OR NEAR BRILLION IN NORTHEAST CALUMET COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST BROWN COUNTY NEAR DENMARK...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE KEWAUNEE AREA BY AROUND 9 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WIZ008-009-012-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 759 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALUMET COUNTY... AT 755 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF MANITOWOC OR NEAR BRILLION IN NORTHEAST CALUMET COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST BROWN COUNTY NEAR DENMARK...AND WILL MOVE INTO TH`E KEWAUNEE AREA BY AROUND 9 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Calumet | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Oconto, Shawano | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.