Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 3:29 AM CDT for 7 counties in 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
- May 23, 2004, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 KMKX 230831
FFWMKX
WIC021-025-045-049-065-077-111-231230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
329 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MUCH
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
THE AREA COVERED BY THE WARNING HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
OCCURING OVERNIGHT. SOILS ARE SATURATED AND RUNOFF IS LIKELY TO
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4285 8936 4251 8937 4251 9036 4364 9008
4364 8960 4377 8959 4386 8917 4364 8924
4363 8901 4285 8901
$$
DAVIS4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 230853 FFSMKX WIC021-025-045-049-065-077-111-231230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN... IOWA...LAFAYETTE...MARQUETTE AND SAUK COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH SO FAR IN MARQUETTE...COLUMBIA AND SAUK COUNTIES. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM DROPPING ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN TO MANY AREAS. SATURATED SOILS FROM DAYS AND DAYS OF RAIN WILL CAUSE THE RAINFALL TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO RUNOFF CREATING A FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. $$ DAVIS
000 WGUS73 KMKX 231002 FFSMKX WIC021-025-045-049-065-077-111-231230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 500 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN... IOWA...LAFAYETTE...MARQUETTE AND SAUK COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA AND MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 7 AM. SATURATED SOILS FROM DAYS AND DAYS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE RAINFALL TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO RUNOFF CREATING A FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. $$ DAVIS
000 WGUS73 KMKX 231115 FFSMKX WIC021-025-045-049-065-077-111-231230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 610 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN... IOWA...LAFAYETTE...MARQUETTE AND SAUK COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS. FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. $$ HENTZ
000 WGUS73 KMKX 231210 FFSMKX WIC021-025-045-049-065-077-111-231230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 705 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN... IOWA...LAFAYETTE...MARQUETTE AND SAUK COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... AT 705 AM THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS. FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 59 min |
| May 23, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 63 min |
| May 23, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 4 hr |
| May 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 37 min |
| May 23, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 48 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.