Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Feb 19, 1994, 11:32 PM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 1994, 11:32 PM CST (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1994, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 KMKE 200534 FFWMKE WIC059-079-101-127-201130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1132 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...KENOSHA COUNTY...MILWAUKEE COUNTY...RACINE COUNTY ...WALWORTH COUNTY AT 1130 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVIER RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. LOWLAND FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING DUE TO THE RAPID SNOWMELT AND RAIN. THIS HEAVIER RAIN WILL ONLY MAKE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WORSE. THE ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN IN SOUTHWEST MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAS ALMOST AT FLOOD NOW AT 7.16 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. THE ADDITIONAL RAINS SHOULD PUSH THE RIVER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. MANY OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND LOW AREAS IN THE MILWAUKEE RACINE KENOSHA AND WALWORTH AREAS SHOULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING TONIGHT. URBAN FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES IS ALSO EXPECTED. 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. HENTZ
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, Feb 19, 7:45 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
WIZALL-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 745 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENRTAL WISCONSIN... FOG CONTINUED TO FORM OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS THE WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WAS BEING COOLED OVER THE REMAINING SNOW COVER. THE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ADDING TO THE DRIVING PROBLEMS OF WATER OVER SOME ROADS FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 7:49 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
WIZALL-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 745 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENRTAL WISCONSIN... FOG CONTINUED TO FORM OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS THE WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WAS BEING COOLED OVER THE REMAINING SNOW COVER. THE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ADDING TO THE DRIVING PROBLEMS OF WATER OVER SOME ROADS FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 8:09 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-200510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 809 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITITES...SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE REPORTED AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ZERO IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. WITH SOME ROADS AND MINOR HIGHWAYS COVERED WITH WATER...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT. IF YOU COME UPON AN AREA OF DENSE FOG...SLOW DOWN. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MARIEN
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 8:09 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-200510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 809 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITITES...SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE REPORTED AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ZERO IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. WITH SOME ROADS AND MINOR HIGHWAYS COVERED WITH WATER...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT. IF YOU COME UPON AN AREA OF DENSE FOG...SLOW DOWN. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MARIEN
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 8:40 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
WIZ047>052-058>060-064>066-070>072-200600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 840 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... FOG CONTINUED TO FORM OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS THE WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WAS BEING COOLED OVER THE REMAINING SNOW COVER. THE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ADDING TO THE DRIVING PROBLEMS OF WATER OVER SOME ROADS FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN. DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WAS REPORTED IN THE BEAVER DAM AREA OF DODGE COUNTY. VISIBILITIES ARE LOWEST IN AREAS WITH MORE SNOW REMAINING. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 8:43 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
WIZ047>052-058>060-064>066-070>072-200600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 840 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...DENSE FOG ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... FOG CONTINUED TO FORM OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS THE WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WAS BEING COOLED OVER THE REMAINING SNOW COVER. THE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ADDING TO THE DRIVING PROBLEMS OF WATER OVER SOME ROADS FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN. DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WAS REPORTED IN THE BEAVER DAM AREA OF DODGE COUNTY. VISIBILITIES ARE LOWEST IN AREAS WITH MORE SNOW REMAINING. HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.