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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 16, 1998Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1998, 6:43 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 16, 1998, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 162343
FFWMKE
WIC027-170140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
643 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998


* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* SOME STREAMS/AREAS AFFECTED
  FOX LAKE AREA
  ATWATER AREA
  WAUPUN AREA

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES JUST OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
  IN THIS AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR.  RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING
  AREAS IS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF
  DODGE COUNTY

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  ANOTHER STORM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER
  INCH OF RAIN BEFORE 730 PM

LEAVE FLOOD 0PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS AND SEEK HIGH GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

DAVIS/KOCHIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.