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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1997, 9:17 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1997, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 260218 FFWMKE WIC025-055-260515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 917 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN JEFFERSON COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1200 AM CDT *SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET AND ROAD FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER NORTHEAST DANE COUNTY IN THE AREA OF SUN PRAIRIE. * CAUSE AND EFFECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST OVER DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS OF 9PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF DANE COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. * FORECAST CONDITIONS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AS ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LEAVE FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS AND SEEK HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TZ/JH
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
Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
850 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE FUNNEL CLOUD ON GROUND
DEBRIS
0833 PM 4 N OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE SHERIFF REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND. ROTATING WALL
CLOUD BY SPOTTERS
0839 PM 4 NE OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE HWY 51 AND HWY 19. DEBRIS
FALLING FROM SKY
HENTZLocal storm report, Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
850 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE FUNNEL CLOUD ON GROUND
DEBRIS
0833 PM 4 N OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE SHERIFF REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND. ROTATING WALL
CLOUD BY SPOTTERS
0839 PM 4 NE OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE HWY 51 AND HWY 19. DEBRIS
FALLING FROM SKY
HENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.