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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 26, 2007Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 4:20 PM CDT for Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 115 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2007, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 4:34 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.8Iola, WIRAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN IOLA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1156 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KGRB 262121
FFWGRB
WIC135-262315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
420 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LARGE
  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHLAND...IOLA...SCANDINAVIA AND BIG FALLS.

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS 
WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY...AS NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER 
THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4468 8900 4468 8922 4424 8922 4426 8900

$$

KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KGRB 262211
FFSGRB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
510 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

WIC135-262315-
WAUPACA-
510 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR 
WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 507 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  A NEW STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF WAUPACA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO THE WARNING 
AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE NEW 
THUNDERSTORM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4468 8900 4468 8922 4424 8922 4426 8900

$$

JKL
000 
WGUS73 KGRB 262257
FFSGRB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
554 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

WIC135-262315-
WAUPACA-
554 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR 
WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WAUPACA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 
THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND.  DONT ATTEMPT TO 
DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4468 8900 4468 8922 4424 8922 4426 8900

$$

JKL
000 
WGUS73 KGRB 262325
FFSGRB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
624 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

WIC135-262334-
WAUPACA-
624 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WAUPACA COUNTY...

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE LOCATED 
OVER EASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...AND 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

LAT...LON 4468 8900 4468 8922 4424 8922 4426 8900

$$

JKL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon34 min
Jul 26, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca47 min
Jul 26, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca26 min
Jul 26, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida2 hr
Jul 26, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca39 min
Jul 26, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waushara65 min
Jul 26, 6:45 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB90 min

Nearby

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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.