Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2002, 12:58 AM CDT for Wood County, 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 22, 2002, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2002, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 220558 FFWGRB WIC141-221200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1254 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WOOD COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 1254 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE FORMING NEAR PITTSVILLE THEN MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS NEKOOSA. * RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. SOME LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PORT EDWARDS... DEXTERVILLE...NEKOOSA AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. 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
2 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 220900 FFSGRB WIC141-221200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD COUNTY... AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE 6 MILES NORTH OF VESPER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. 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. NEW STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...COMBINED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND RAINFALL FROM EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA THROUGH SUNRISE. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ARPIN... AUBURNDALE...BAKERVILLE...BETHEL AND DEXTERVILLE. 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. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221045 FFSGRB WIC141-221200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 545 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD COUNTY... AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST WOOD COUNTY...FROM AUBURNDALE AND BLENDER TO RUDOLPH AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS EXTENDED NORTHWESTWARD INTO CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WOOD COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 8 AM SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ARPIN... AUBURNDALE...BLENKER...SHERRY...MILLADORE AND RUDOLPH. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ ECKBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Waushara | 4 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.