Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT for Marquette 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
- Jul 3, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:19 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 N Montello, WI | WATER FLOWING INTO HOUSE ON COUNTY RD E |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 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 032247 FFWMKX WIC077-040145- /X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0007.070703T2244Z-070704T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 544 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPING FROM A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF MARQUETTE COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTELLO WESTFIELD HARRISVILLE PACKWAUKEE 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4367 8958 4366 8926 4396 8919 4396 8957 $$ MBK
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 032327 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 622 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 WIC077-040145- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARQUETTE- 622 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING ACROSS MARQUETTE COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST IN JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY AS WELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL OF ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE INCHES INCHES AN HOUR SINCE 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD E ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MONTELLO. FLOOD WATERS WERE REPORTED FLOWING INTO A HOUSE AT THIS LOCATION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4367 8958 4366 8926 4396 8919 4396 8957 $$ MBK
000 WGUS73 KMKX 040046 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 743 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 WIC077-040145- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARQUETTE- 743 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY... AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS OVER MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING INTO A HOUSE NORTH OF MONTELLO EARLIER THIS EVENING. 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. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. LAT...LON 4367 8958 4366 8926 4396 8919 4396 8957 $$ MBK
000 WGUS73 KMKX 040134 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 832 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 WIC077-040142- /X.CAN.KMKX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070704T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARQUETTE- 832 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE EAST AND WEAKENED. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. LAT...LON 4367 8958 4366 8926 4396 8919 4396 8957 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 90 min |
| Jul 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 76 min |
| Jul 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.