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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2007, 6:27 AM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 4, 2007, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2007, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Fond du Lac County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:01 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.89 | 2 Sw Fond Du Lac, WI | 2.89 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED FROM 430 TO 730 AM CDT. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 041127 FFWMKX WIC039-041430- /X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0004.070604T1127Z-070604T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 627 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 622 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOND DU LAC 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. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4362 8855 4362 8830 4380 8830 4380 8855 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 041155 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 654 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 WIC039-041430- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070604T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FOND DU LAC- 647 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 639 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED STREET FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH OF FOND DU LAC TO BETWEEN LAMARTINE AND BYRON AT 649 AM...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ASHFORD BETWEEN 7 AM AND 715 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4362 8855 4362 8830 4380 8830 4380 8855 $$ REM
000 WGUS73 KMKX 041222 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 718 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 WIC039-041430- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070604T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FOND DU LAC- 718 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEW THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH...AND WILL BE NEAR BYRON AROUND 735 AM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOND DU LAC AND NORTH FOND DU LAC ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 151 AND HIGHWAY 175. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SULLIVAN. LAT...LON 4362 8855 4362 8830 4380 8830 4380 8855 $$ REM
000 WGUS73 KMKX 041358 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 856 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 WIC039-041406- /X.CAN.KMKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070604T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FOND DU LAC- 856 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 4362 8855 4362 8830 4380 8830 4380 8855 $$ FOWLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane | 96 min |
| Jun 3, 9:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan | 12 hr |
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.