Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 KMKE 060030 FFWMKE WIC027-039-060230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 730 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY...FOND DU LAC COUNTY WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE COUNTIES OF DODGE AND FOND DU LAC. THE RAIN IS FALLING ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SEVERAL HIGHWAYS IN THE COUNTIES ARE FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OVER ONE INCH IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. 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. J LAST &
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, 6:32 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
WIZ011-015-018-019-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 635 PM CDT MON JULY 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR DANE..GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AROUND DANE COUNTY INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO HIGHLY LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... MOONEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:32 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
WIZ011-015-018-019-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 635 PM CDT MON JULY 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR DANE..GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AROUND DANE COUNTY INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO HIGHLY LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... MOONEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:45 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 645 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 645 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FOX LAKE IN NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THROUGH 700 PM THE TOWNS OF FOND DU LAC AND WAUPUN CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 645 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 645 PM STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FOX LAKE IN NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THROUGH 700 PM THE TOWNS OF FOND DU LAC AND WAUPUN CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:19 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 720 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON...DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ELSEWHERE... OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO FAR EASTERN IOWA MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 720 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON...DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ELSEWHERE... OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO FAR EASTERN IOWA MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. SANDLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 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.