Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 9:39 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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, 2.7 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 060241 FFWMKE WIC027-039-060545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 939 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY...FOND DU LAC COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FOND DU LAC AN DODGE COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1130 PM. AT 935 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A WIDE BAND OF RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF WISCONSIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS. HORICON IN DODGE COUNTY REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.1 INCHES SINCE 7 PM. JUNEAU IN DODGE COUNTY HAD 2.3 INCHES SINCE 6 PM. RANDOLPH IN DODGE COUNTY HAD 2.6 INCHES SINCE 6 PM. FOND DU LAC IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY REPORTED 1.6 INCHES SINCE 6 PM. CAMPBELLSPORT HAD 3.5 INCHES SINCE 3 PM. 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. KOCHIS &
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, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ011-015-018-019-060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 800 PM CDT MON JULY 5 1993 ...WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... AT 750 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON THROUGH MADISON AND DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREEN COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD AROUND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL NOT BE UNCOMMON. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR COLUMBIA..DANE..SAUK AND IOWA COUNTIES. MOONEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ011-015-018-019-060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 800 PM CDT MON JULY 5 1993 ...WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... AT 750 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON THROUGH MADISON AND DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREEN COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD AROUND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL NOT BE UNCOMMON. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR COLUMBIA..DANE..SAUK AND IOWA COUNTIES. MOONEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WIZ016-019-013-017-020-502-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 820 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AFFECTING PART OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 820 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR SULLIVAN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT SULLIVAN MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR AT 818 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 PM. J LAST &
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
WIZ016-019-013-017-020-502-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 820 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AFFECTING PART OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 820 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR SULLIVAN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT SULLIVAN MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR AT 818 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 PM. J LAST &
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 823 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN HAS EXPIRED... AT 820 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF BUT REPEATING TORRENTIAL RAINS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT A LIKELIHOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SPORADIC TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WERE THE STORMS REMAIN THE MOST PERSISTENT TONIGHT. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ012-016-019-013-017-020-502-060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 823 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN HAS EXPIRED... AT 820 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF BUT REPEATING TORRENTIAL RAINS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT A LIKELIHOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SPORADIC TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE. THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL, ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WERE THE STORMS REMAIN THE MOST PERSISTENT TONIGHT. GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 25 min |
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.