Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Aug 22, 2007, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Flood severity

None

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KMKX 222215
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WIC079-089-230415-
/X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0021.070822T2213Z-070823T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
513 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A BAND OF 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST 
WISCONSIN.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY 
PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH
  BAY...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUWATOSA...THIENSVILLE...MEQUON...
  SAUKVILLE...RIVER HILLS...GRAFTON...FREDONIA...FOX POINT...
  CEDARBURG...BROWN DEER...BELGIUM...BAYSIDE AND GLENDALE

THE LINE OF SLOW MOVING STORMS TRAILS BACK INTO SOUTHWEST 
WISCONSIN...SO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4284 8806 4285 8783 4318 8788 4354 8778
      4354 8803

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CRAVEN

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.