Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT for Brown County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 364 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRB 180150 FFWGRB WIC009-180400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 848 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...BROWN COUNTY ...FLOODING OCCURRING IN BROWN COUNTY... AT 850 PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN THE GREENLEAF AREA. THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 57 NEAR GREENLEAF WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FLOOD WATERS GOING OVER THE BRIDGE...AND THE BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SHORTLY. MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF BROWN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AND WIDESPREAD STREET AND ROAD FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. ISAACSON
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, Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
WIZ012-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 600 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOX VALLEY... AT 600 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON NEAR LAKE POYGAN...TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF APPLETON NEAR THE NEENAH/MENASHA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF APPLETON AND NEW LONDON BY 615 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AND A FLASH FLOOD ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER INDOORS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD REMAIN IN A SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
WIZ012-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 600 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOX VALLEY... AT 600 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON NEAR LAKE POYGAN...TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF APPLETON NEAR THE NEENAH/MENASHA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF APPLETON AND NEW LONDON BY 615 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AND A FLASH FLOOD ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPRPOACHES...TAKE COVER INDOORS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD REMAIN IN A SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
WIZ008-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 644 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 640 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY ...15 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN BAY NEAR WRIGHTSTOWN AND GREENLEAF. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS DEPERE AND GREEN BAY BY 7 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
WIZ008-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 644 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 640 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY ...15 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN BAY NEAR WRIGHTSTOWN AND GREENLEAF. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS DEPERE AND GREEN BAY BY 7 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ008-009-012-013-503-180230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 733 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL BUT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CALUMET...WINNEBAGO AND MANITOWOC...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THESE AREAS NOW CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
WIZ008-009-012-013-503-180230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 733 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL BUT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CALUMET...WINNEBAGO AND MANITOWOC...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THESE AREAS NOW CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Calumet | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 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.