Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

Issued

Jul 15, 1999, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 1999, 7:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Green Bay, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
420 AM CDT THU JUL 15 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
NORTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

UNTIL 7:15 AM CDT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DROPPED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES
OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF FLORENCE AND FOREST COUNTIES BETWEEN 11:00 PM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 3:00 AM THIS MORNING.  THE WISCONSIN ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5.1 INCHES AT THE PINE
RIVER DAM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE, AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE
BRULE DAM JUST NORTH OF FLORENCE.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTED IN
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN FOREST AND FLORENCE
COUNTIES.

THE RAIN HAS ENDED, HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA.  HIGHWAY 70 REMAINS CLOSED FROM NEAR FLORENCE,
WESTWARD TO NEAR ALVIN.  HIGHWAY 101 IS CLOSED FROM ARMSTRONG CREEK TO
FLORENCE. WATER CONTINUES TO RUN ACROSS THESE HIGHWAYS AND NUMEROUS
WASHOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO G<REAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.

DC/TSK

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 15, 3:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 AM CDT THU JUL 15 1999

TSTMS FINALLY ON THE WANE ACROSS FAR NC/NE WI...WHERE SOME VERY
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. WITH H5 S/W TROF SHIFTING
EAST OF THE REGION AND A WEAKENING LLJ...EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE.
WILL EYE UP RADAR ONE MORE TIME JUST BEFORE ZFP ISSUANCE...AND ADJUST
PRECIP WORDING ACCORDINGLY. AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION ENDS...
WILL RUN WITH A DRY FCST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. ALTHOUGH MODELS HINT
AT A BOUNDARY LINGERING ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...CURRENT FEELING IS THAT
THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE U.P. AND NORTHERN WI WILL GET CAPPED
OFF IN THE WARM SECTOR.

NEXT PRECIP CHC OCCURS WITH THE APPROACH OF A WK S/W TROF AND INCREASING
LLJ ACROSS THE NW THIRD OF GRB CWA LT TONIGHT. A SLOW MOVG COLD FRONT
WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY...BRINGING A CHC OF
TSTMS TO THE ENTIRE FA.

EXPECT TEMPS TO MAX OUT IN THE UPPER 80S OR LOWER 90S ACROSS MOST OF
THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY. OVERALL...MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS DECENT.

COORD WITH MQT.

.GRB...NONE.

KIECKBUSCH
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB

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