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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2002, 11:13 PM CDT for Waushara 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2002, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waushara County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGRB 220413 FFWGRB WIC137-220815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1109 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WAUSHARA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 1109 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO SOUTHERN WAUSHARA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM UPSTREAM. * 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 WHICH ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PLAINFIELD... HANCOCK...RICHFORD...AND WAUTOMA. 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. RDM
2 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 220522 FFSGRB WIC137-220815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1215 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY... AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO CENTRAL WAUSHARA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...BUT MORE STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM UPSTREAM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 5 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 WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... PLAINFIELD...HANCOCK...RICHFORD AND WAUTOMA. 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. $$ RDM
000 RWUS32 KGRB 220614 FFSGRB WIC137-220815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 115 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY... AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WILD ROSE...PLAINFIELD... WAUTOMA...RICHFORD...COLOMA...AND HANCOCK. THE WAUSHARA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING IN RICHFORD AND WAUTOMA. MANY ROADS WERE FLOODED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 21 AND HIGHWAY F...WITH WATER AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP IN SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ ECKBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Wood | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Waushara | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Waushara, Wood | 3 hr |
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.