Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2002, 2:36 AM CDT for Marathon 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2002, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marathon County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KGRB 110736
FFWGRB
WIC073-111130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
235 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARATHON COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 230 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
LITTLE CHICAGO TO MARATHON CITY TO EVERGREEEN. THE CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN
DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR
TWO FROM LAST EVENING. A SHERIFF REPORTED WATER 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP IN
THE TOWN OF EDGAR AT 220 AM THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE
AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... WAUSAU...BROKAW...
EDGAR...EVERGREEN...FENWOOD AND HALDER.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4493 9011 4471 9000 4482 8938 4513 8926
4511 9004
ECKBERG3 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 110837 FFSGRB WIC073-111130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 335 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON COUNTY... AT 330 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE WEAKENED...AND MOVE EAST OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR LITTLE CHICAGO TO MARATHON CITY...SOUTH TO EDGAR AND ROZELVILLE SINCE MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM. THE MARATHON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER 3 INCHES DEEP IN THE TOWN OF EDGAR AROUND 230 AM. TWO FEET OF WATER COVERED HIGHWAY 29 NEAR HIGHWAY S AROUND 240 AM THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS APPEAR TO BE OVER...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...THEN TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING. ADDTITION RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 110947 FFSGRB WIC073-111130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 445 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON COUNTY... AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR LITTLE CHICAGO...SOUTHWARD TO MARATHON CITY AND ROZELLVILLE. BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES...THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED FROM FENWOOD TO EDGAR...WHILE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS REMAINED JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF WAUSAU. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM FOR MARATHON COUNTY. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. FOR MARATHON COUNTY AND THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING WITH ADDTIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 111147 FFSGRB WIC073-111245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 642 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARATHON COUNTY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. UP TO ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. $$ TE
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.