Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Nov 5, 2005, 8:51 PM CST for Jefferson County, Rock County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2005, 8:51 PM CST (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2005, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Waukesha, WI | PARTS OF HIGHWAY 164 IN WAUKESHA COUNTY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SOME ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF WAUKESHA CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Nov 5, 10:10 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 2.88 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KMKX 060254
FFWMKX
WIC055-105-133-060545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
851 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 1145 PM CST
* AT 850 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SUSSEX AND NORTH
LAKE...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH OCONOMOWOC...PALMYRA...FORT
ATKINSON TO NEAR JANESVILLE AND BELOIT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THEY WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
MIDNIGHT IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE
HALF AND TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUSSEX...
PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON AND
HARTLAND
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.
LAT...LON 4252 8935 4251 8882 4285 8880 4286 8810
4317 8810 4318 8897 4284 8897 4282 8931
$$
MBK2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KMKX 060354
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
949 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005
WIC055-105-133-060545-
WAUKESHA WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
949 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR
JEFFERSON...ROCK AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...
AT 946 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR
JANESVILLE AND BRODHEAD...EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO NEAR JOHNSON
CREEK...OCONOMOWOC AND PEWAUKEE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH TO ONE
INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 1145 PM CST...WITH
RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE AND ONE HALF TO AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES
POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE
WAUKESHA...JANESVILLE...JEFFERSON AND BELOIT.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4252 8935 4251 8882 4285 8880 4286 8810
4317 8810 4318 8897 4284 8897 4282 8931
$$
MBK000
WGUS73 KMKX 060438
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1037 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005
WIC055-105-133-060450-
WAUKESHA WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
1037 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JEFFERSON...ROCK AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS
JEFFERSON...ROCK AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES SINCE 9 PM. HENCE THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR THOSE COUNTIES IS BEING CANCELLED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS INCH IS LIKELY
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT.
LAT...LON 4252 8935 4251 8882 4285 8880 4286 8810
4317 8810 4318 8897 4284 8897 4282 8931
$$
MBKNearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.