Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2002, 4:17 AM CDT for Marathon County, Portage 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2002, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2002, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 220917
FFWGRB
WIC073-097-221515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
415 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
PORTAGE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 410 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
STEVENS POINT TO ROZELLVILLE...TO SPENCER AND COLBY IN WESTERN
MARATHON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* 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 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA BY 7 AM. SOME LOCATIONS
WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE:
SPENCER...MOSINEE...ROZELLVILLE...STRATFORD...JUNCTION CITY...
PLOVER AND STEVENS POINT.
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.
LAT...LON 4471 9007 4471 8981 4428 8969 4432 8926
4463 8927 4477 8948 4504 9004 4514 9035
4486 9034
ECKBERG5 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221030 FFSGRB WIC073-097-221515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 530 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON AND PORTAGE COUNTIES... AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS PORTAGE COUNTY FROM WHITING...PLOVER AND STEVENS POINT TO JUNCTION CITY. THE STORMS EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY...FROM ALDER AND ROZELLVILLE TO STRATFORD AND SPENCER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 6 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY...FROM SPENCER TO STRATFORD TO ROZELLVILLE...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM JUNCTION CITY TO STEVENS POINT TO PLOVER. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING IN THESE AREAS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MARATHON COUNTY REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 153 FROM STRATFORD TO SPENCER WAS UNDER 1 TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN SPOTS. SEVERAL ROADS IN SOUTHWESTERN MARATHON COUNTY WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT. THE STEVENS POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SPENCER...STRATFORD...JUNCTION CITY...PLOVER...WHITING AND STEVENS POINT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING THIS MORNING. 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. $$ ECKBERG
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221323 FFSGRB WIC073-097-137-141-221515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 819 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES... AT 8:15 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE LARGE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF LADYSMITH SOUTHEAST TO WAUTOMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED THAT UP TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...HANCOCK...WAUTOMA...SPENCER... AND NEKOOSA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ KALLAS
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221326 CCA FFSGRB WIC073-097-137-141-221515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED RAINFALL SOURCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 819 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES... AT 8:15 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE LARGE AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF LADYSMITH SOUTHEAST TO WAUTOMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 12 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 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...HANCOCK...WAUTOMA...SPENCER...AND NEKOOSA. 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. $$ KALLAS
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221443 FFSGRB WIC073-097-137-141-221530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 925 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES... AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRATFORD...NEAR MEDFORD TO 10 MILES WEST OF STRATFORD...NEAR SPENCER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON..WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...STRATFORD...SPENCER AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE BIG EAU PLEINE FROM NEAR STRATFORD SOUTHEAST TO KNOWLTON. ALSO COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LITTLE EAU PLEINE RIVER FROM NEAR SPENCER TO DANCY ARE ALSO AT RISK FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ BRUSKY
000 RWUS32 KGRB 221445 CCA FFSGRB WIC073-097-137-141-221530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 925 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES... AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRATFORD...NEAR MEDFORD TO 10 MILES WEST OF STRATFORD...NEAR SPENCER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON..WOOD...PORTAGE AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...STRATFORD...SPENCER AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE BIG EAU PLEINE FROM NEAR STRATFORD SOUTHEAST TO KNOWLTON. ALSO COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LITTLE EAU PLEINE RIVER FROM NEAR SPENCER TO DANCY ARE ALSO AT RISK FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ BRUSKY
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, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Waushara | 5 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.