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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 8, 20004 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2000, 4:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 117 min. 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 8, 2000, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2000-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KGRB 082105
FFWGRB
WIC041-067-083-085-082200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
403 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  ONEIDA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 403 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE CENTERED NEAR MC NAUGHTON...  
WHICH IS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER. THEY WERE MOVING EAST   
AT 25 MPH.

* RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ARE 
FALLING WITH THIS STORM.  THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM WILL 
RESULT IN MORE HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

JKL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBForest, Langlade, Oneida2 hr
Jul 8, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBBrown, Manitowoc, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano3 hr
Jul 8, 9:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano2 hr
Jul 8, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie, Shawano42 min
Jul 8, 10:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBBrown, Manitowoc2 hr
Jul 8, 11:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Shawano2 hr
Jul 8, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida59 min
Jul 8, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida52 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.