Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2007, 12:26 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 9 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
- Aug 19, 2007, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Baraboo, WI | COUNTY WIDE FLOODING HIGHWAYS K...G...S...154 AND TS. |
| Aug 19, 12:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, WI | COUNTY WIDE. STREET FLOODING IN MOUNT HOREB...OREGON...DANE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 69. |
| Aug 19, 12:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sun Prairie, WI | STREET FLOODING HIGHWAY 19 AND WESTMOUNT. 4 INCHES OF WATER. |
| Aug 19, 12:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, WI | COUNTY WIDE. STREET FLOODING MOUNT HOREB...OREGON...DANE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 69. |
| Aug 19, 12:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sun Prairie, WI | COUNTY HIGHWAY C CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. CREEK OUT OF BANKS. |
| Aug 19, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 5 Ne Madison, WI | |
| Aug 19, 2:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jefferson, WI | COUNTY WIDE. STREET FLOODING. |
| Aug 19, 2:22 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.59 | 1 Se Verona, WI | MEASURED 5.59 INCHES 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF VERONA. |
| Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.23 | 4 Wnw Lake Mills, WI | MEASURED 5.23 INCHES 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAKE MILLS. |
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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 190532
FFWMKX
WIC021-025-049-055-111-190830-
/X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0013.070819T0526Z-070819T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1226 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 1222 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...WEST BARABOO...SAUK
CITY...RIO...REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU
SAC...POYNETTE...PORTAGE...PARDEEVILLE...LODI...LAKE
WISCONSIN...LAKE DELTON...FALL RIVER...COLUMBUS...CAMBRIA
AND BARABOO
RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN
THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 330 AM THIS
MORNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 4364 9020 4315 9018 4319 9041 4284 9040
4286 8854 4318 8855 4319 8902 4330 8901
4362 8903
$$
ZAJDELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, Sauk and 1 more | 9 days |
| Aug 18, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Rock | 8 days |
| Aug 19, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 7 days |
| Aug 19, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 5 days |
| Aug 19, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 16 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.