Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 8:44 AM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 26, 2007, 8:44 AM CDT (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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 26, 8:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beaver Dam, WI | EXCESSIVE STREET FLOODING IN BEAVER DAM FROM 852 AM THROUGH CURRENT TIME. WATER FLOODING INTO AT LEAST ONE CAR WITH RESCUE UNDERWAY. SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES STALLED IN DEEP WATER. |
| Jul 26, 11:19 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | Beaver Dam, WI |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMKX 261350 FFWMKX WIC027-261645- /X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0009.070726T1344Z-070726T1645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 850 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN AND CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 843 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN BEAVER DAM FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR HAS ALSO INDICATED UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM WAUPUN SOUTH TO WATERTOWN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE A LINE FROM WAUPUN TO WATERTOWN. 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. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4321 8894 4321 8858 4364 8865 4364 8895 $$ BORGHOFF
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMKX 261433 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 932 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 WIC027-261645- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070726T1645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE- 932 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY... AT 923 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BEAVER DAM. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER HAVE STRANDED CARS AND A RESCUE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAUPUN...JUNEAU...HUSTISFORD...HORICON...AND BEAVER DAM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4321 8894 4321 8858 4364 8865 4364 8895 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WGUS73 KMKX 261457 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 957 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 WIC027-261645- /X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070726T1645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE- 957 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY... AT 955 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FLASH FLOODING IN BEAVER DAM IS BEGINNING TO IMPROVE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST AND IS DIMINISHING. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL ALL RESIDUAL FLOODING ENDS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAUPUN...HORICON AND BEAVER DAM. 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. 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. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING OR FLOOD DAMAGE...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SULLIVAN. LAT...LON 4321 8894 4321 8858 4364 8865 4364 8895 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WGUS73 KMKX 261537 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1037 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 WIC027-261542- /X.CAN.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070726T1645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE- 1037 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY... AT 1030 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE FLOODING HAS ENDED IN BEAVER DAM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALSO SHOWN THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS PUSHED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE FLOODED AREA...AS IT CONTINUES TO DIMINISH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH MORE HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF BEAVER DAM OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. IF PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS OVER THIS AREA AGAIN TODAY...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. LAT...LON 4321 8894 4321 8858 4364 8865 4364 8895 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 67 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 95 min | |
| Jul 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 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.