Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Feb 20, 1994, 4:50 AM CST (10:50 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1994, 11:45 AM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI

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TTAA00 KMKE 201052
FFWMKE
WIC059-079-101-201745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 AM CST SUN FEB 20 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...KENOSHA COUNTY...MILWAUKEE COUNTY...RACINE COUNTY
 
THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THIS
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN DURING THE LAST 12 HOURS IN COMBINATION WITH SNOWMELT HAS
CAUSED THE ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN AND RAYMOND TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE.
 
AT 445 AM THE FLOOD STAGE AT FRANKLIN WAS 8.52 FEET AND AT RAYMOND
9.83 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET AT BOTH LOCATIONS.  URBAN FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY AROUND UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DOES SHOW THE RAIN BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AND
IT SHOULD COME TO AN END LATER THIS MORNING.
 
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$.
 
 
DAVIS/JOHNSTON

In the hours before

WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-201310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
406 AM CST SUN FEB 20 1994

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...SAUK...IOWA...GREEN AND
ROCK COUNTIES...

WHILE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.  RIVERS AND
STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE WITH THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND MELTING SNOW.
LOW-LYING AREAS AND RIVER VALLEYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT RISK FOR
POSSIBLE FLOODING.

PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE THREAT
OF RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

MC MAHON

WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-201310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
406 AM CST SUN FEB 20 1994

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...SAUK...IOWA...GREEN AND
ROCK COUNTIES...

WHILE THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.  RIVERS AND
STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE WITH THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND MELTING SNOW.
LOW-LYING AREAS AND RIVER VALLEYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT RISK FOR
POSSIBLE FLOODING.

PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE THREAT
OF RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

MC MAHON

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.