Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 2:02 AM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 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 28, 1998, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Rock County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 4171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 280707 RRA FFWMKE WIC025-045-105-281100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 202 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN GREEN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ROCK COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING OVER DANE...GREEN...AND ROCK COUNTIES. BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND LOCALLY MORE CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 200 AM AND 400 AM. AT 200 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING OVER AN AREA THAT HAS RECIEVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM STORMS EARLIER TONIGHT AND FROM THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. LEAVE FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS AND SEEK HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ~ TH
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, Jun 28, 1:43 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
143 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM BARABOO WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 SAUK NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1100 PM PORTAGE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 COLUMBIA 2 OR 3 TREES DOWN IN THE
COUNTY.
1100 PM DODGEVILLE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 IOWA TRESS DOWN. NO POWER IN
THE CITY OF DODGEVILLE.
1110 PM MADISON WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 DANE 20 TO 25 TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY.
1150 PM JANESVILLE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 ROCK MANY TREES DOWN.
1238 AM LAKE GENEVA WI 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/28/98 WALWORTH
HENTZLocal storm report, Jun 28, 1:43 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
143 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM BARABOO WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 SAUK NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1100 PM PORTAGE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 COLUMBIA 2 OR 3 TREES DOWN IN THE
COUNTY.
1100 PM DODGEVILLE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 IOWA TRESS DOWN. NO POWER IN
THE CITY OF DODGEVILLE.
1110 PM MADISON WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 DANE 20 TO 25 TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY.
1150 PM JANESVILLE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 ROCK MANY TREES DOWN.
1238 AM LAKE GENEVA WI 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/28/98 WALWORTH
HENTZLocal storm report, Jun 28, 1:45 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
145 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1240 AM ELKHORN WI WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WALWORTH SEVERAL TREES DOWN
HENTZLocal storm report, Jun 28, 1:45 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
145 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1240 AM ELKHORN WI WIND DAMAGE
06/28/98 WALWORTH SEVERAL TREES DOWN
HENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 78 min |
| Jun 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 59 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.