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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 17, 1993Outagamie County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 11:10 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1993, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1993, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Outagamie County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 397 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 180413
FFWGRB
WIC087-180730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1110 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNITL 230 AM.  GRAND
CHUTE...WHICH IS JUST WEST OF APPLETON...CONTINUES TO REPORT EXTENSIVE
STREET AND BASEMENT FLOODING.  PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 10 ARE CLOSED TO DUE
HIGH WATER.
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED.
 
 
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.
 
 
MOEDE

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, 7:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 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, 3 hours 36 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, 9:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

WIZ009-012-013-180330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
929 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR WINNEBAGO...
CALUMET AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

ISAACSON

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

WIZ009-012-013-180330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
929 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR WINNEBAGO...
CALUMET AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

ISAACSON
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Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
945 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

ATTN SELLS      WEATHER EVENTS OF JUN 17 1993

TIME/CDT/    COUNTY         LOCATION-EVENT

100 PM      MANITOWOC      BRANCH 5NW MTW - MODERATE FLOODING.
550 PM      WINNEBAGO      OSHKOSH - HOUSES AND A TRANSFORMER HIT BY
                                     LIGHTNING.
610 PM      WINNEBAGO      NEENAH/MENASHA - LIGHTNING FIRE.
715 PM      WINNEBAGO      OMRO 12W OSH - MUCH OF CITY REPORTED FLOODING.
800 PM      WINNEBAGO      NEENAH/MENASHA/OSHKOSH/OMRO - 10 TO 12 INCHES
                           OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS.  HIGHWAY 150 FLOODED.
800 PM      OUTAGAMIE      GRAND CHUTE 2W ATW - 1 FOOT OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 10.
820 PM      OUTAGAMIE      KIMBERLY/COMBINED LOCKS 5 E ATW - 2 TO 3 FEET OF
                           WATER OVER THE ROADS.
820 PM      CALUMET        CHILTON 18E OSH - 3 INCHES OF WATER OVER HWY 57.
 MOEDE

Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
945 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

ATTN SELLS      WEATHER EVENTS OF JUN 17 1993

TIME/CDT/    COUNTY         LOCATION-EVENT

100 PM      MANITOWOC      BRANCH 5NW MTW - MODERATE FLOODING.
550 PM      WINNEBAGO      OSHKOSH - HOUSES AND A TRANSFORMER HIT BY
                                     LIGHTNING.
610 PM      WINNEBAGO      NEENAH/MENASHA - LIGHTNING FIRE.
715 PM      WINNEBAGO      OMRO 12W OSH - MUCH OF CITY REPORTED FLOODING.
800 PM      WINNEBAGO      NEENAH/MENASHA/OSHKOSH/OMRO - 10 TO 12 INCHES
                           OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS.  HIGHWAY 150 FLOODED.
800 PM      OUTAGAMIE      GRAND CHUTE 2W ATW - 1 FOOT OFp WATER ON HIGHWAY 10.
820 PM      OUTAGAMIE      KIMBERLY/COMBINED LOCKS 5 E ATW - 2 TO 3 FEET OF
                           WATER OVER THE ROADS.
820 PM      CALUMET        CHILTON 18E OSH - 3 INCHES OF WATER OVER HWY 57.
 MOEDE

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, 8:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Brown	2 hr
Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Winnebago	4 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.