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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2000, 7:43 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth 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
Jun 1, 2000, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KMKX 020045
FFWMKX
WIC059-101-127-020400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
743 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.

* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES
  WILL FALL BY 11 PM WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
  RAIN.  THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE
  RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.  URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER
GROUND. KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN FLOODED CULVERTS. THE RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY THEM AWAY.

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Green3 hr
Jun 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan54 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock66 min
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha58 min
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington3 hr
Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Waukesha4 hr
Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth62 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine56 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.