Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2007, 10:03 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2007, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 943 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMKX 190304 FFWMKX WIC105-190500- /X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0005.070619T0303Z-070619T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1003 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1001 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BELOIT AREA. SOME INTERSECTIONS ARE COVERED WITH 1 FOOT OF WATER. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHNSTOWN CENTER. 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. LAT...LON 4251 8937 4251 8879 4284 8878 4285 8936 $$ DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 190359 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1057 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 WIC105-190500- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070619T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK- 1057 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORM WERE LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL ARE IN THE 2.5 TO 3 INCH RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING. THE HARDEST HIT AREA IS SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY...INCLUDING BELOIT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHNSTOWN CENTER...EMERALD GROVE...SHOPIERE AND AFTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LAT...LON 4251 8937 4251 8879 4284 8878 4285 8936 $$ DAVIS
000 WGUS73 KMKX 190450 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1150 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 WIC105-190500- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070619T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK- 1150 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING QUICKLY ACROSS ROCK COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER TO THE REGION BY TUESDAY. LAT...LON 4251 8937 4251 8879 4284 8878 4285 8936 $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 83 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.