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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2002, 1:59 AM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 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, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2002, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 07:00 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, 7.0 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 220659 FFWGRB WIC137-221145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 150 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WAUSHARA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 150 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE CENTERED NEAR PLAINFIELD...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM TOWARDS WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE COUNTY. 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. THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS ASKED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF OF THE ROADS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES COULD BE WASHED OUT...AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED. RDM
2 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 220935 FFSGRB WIC137-221145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 435 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY... AT 430 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY BAND OF RAIN HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY. A FEW SHOWERS WILL STILL LINGER THROUGH SUNRISE...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS IN STREAMS AND DITCHES...WHILE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE FROM AREA ROADS. THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING THAT WATER 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP COVERED NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 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. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221104 FFSGRB WIC137-221145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 605 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY... AFTER A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AND EVEN APPEARED THAT THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS PUSHING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA... THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN DROPPED SOUTHWARD AND WERE NOW MOVING INTO WAUSHARA COUNTY. AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST WAUSHARA COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WAUSHARA COUNTY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE COUNTY SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PLAINFIELD...HANCOCK...AND WILD ROSE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. $$ 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, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Wood | 6 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.