Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2002, 10:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 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 23, 2002, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Door County, WI, Forest County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oneida County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGRB 240342 FFWGRB WIC029-041-075-085-240930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1037 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ONEIDA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY IN WISCONSIN SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN WISCONSIN MARINETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 1037 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM NEAR DULUTH TO RHINELANDER TO SISTER BAY. * SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE LAKE TOMAHAWK...CRANDON... ATHELSTANE AND SISTER BAY. 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. RDM
3 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 240451 FFSGRB WIC029-041-075-085-240930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1145 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN FOREST... ONEIDA...MARINETTE AND NORTHERN DOOR COUNTIES... AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM HAZELHURST...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER TO CRIVITZ TO NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AS OF 11 PM. A RAIN GAUGE AT PORTERFIELD IN MARINETTE REPORTED 3.5 INCHES AS OF 11 PM. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PORTERFIELD...CRIVITZ...RHINELANDER AND ATHELSTANE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ RDM
000 RWUS32 KGRB 240656 FFSGRB WIC029-041-075-085-240730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 155 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOREST...MARINETTE AND DOOR COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ONEIDA COUNTY... AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE SUNDAY EVENING...HAS NOW MOVED INTO DOOR COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL BEING DETECTED ACROSS FOREST AND MARINETTE COUNTIES. IN FOREST COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TONIGHT SOUTH OF CRANDON TO LAONA LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. IN MARINETTE COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...SOUTH OF A WAUSAUKEE TO CALDRON FALLS RESERVOIR LINE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PESHTIGO TO POUND. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM JUST WEST OF CRIVITZ TO MIDDLE INLET SOUTHEAST THROUGH LOOMIS TO PORTERFIELD TO NEAR MARINETTE. TOTALS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE NEAR PORTERFIELD. THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERED THE SIDES OF THE ROAD IN PORTERFIELD. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MARINETTE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. IN DOOR COUNTY...AS OF 1:45 AM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR CARLSVILLE TO JACKSONPORT...TO FISH CREEK...EGG HARBOR AND BAILEYS HARBOR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 AM. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOOR COUNTY DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...AND THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. IN ONEIDA COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LATE SUNDAY EVENING...FROM HAZELHURST AND WILLOW RESERVOIR EAST TO RHINELANDER AND MC NAUGHTON. THE RAIN ENDED WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE MINIMAL...THEREFORE THE FLASHFLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ONEIDA COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 240926 FFSGRB WIC029-041-075-241000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 425 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FOREST...MARINETTE AND DOOR COUNTIES NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINS EARLIER TONIGHT HAD MOVED INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL BE MINIMAL. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE FOLLOWING IS A RECAP OF THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. IN FOREST COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SOUTH OF CRANDON TO LAONA LINE. IN MARINETTE COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...SOUTH OF A WAUSAUKEE TO CALDRON FALLS RESERVOIR LINE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PESHTIGO TO POUND. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM JUST WEST OF CRIVITZ TO MIDDLE INLET SOUTHEAST THROUGH LOOMIS TO PORTERFIELD TO NEAR MARINETTE. TOTALS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE NEAR PORTERFIELD. THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERED THE SIDES OF THE ROAD IN PORTERFIELD. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MARINETTE. IN DOOR COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR CARLSVILLE TO JACKSONPORT...TO FISH CREEK...EGG HARBOR AND BAILEYS HARBOR. IN ONEIDA COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LATE SUNDAY EVENING...FROM HAZELHURST AND WILLOW RESERVOIR EAST TO RHINELANDER AND MC NAUGHTON. $$ ECKBERG
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.