Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood watch at Aug 18, 2007, 2:59 AM CDT for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 19, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2007, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2007, 5:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KMKX 180759 FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 259 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...MORE HEAVY RAINS LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS... .IT LOOKS LIKE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WILL EXPERIENCE ANOTHER WET PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS MAY DUMP HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF A GROUND THAT IS MOIST FROM RECENT RAINS. ON THE WEATHER MAP...A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL SET UP FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TODAY. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED NORTHEAST OVER THE WARM FRONT...RESULTING IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-181600- /O.NEW.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070818T2000Z-070819T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 259 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DANE...GREEN...IOWA... LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ064>066-070>072-181600- /O.NEW.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070818T2300Z-070819T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 259 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ KAPELA/PC
9 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMKX 181607 FFAMKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1107 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS... .A WET PERIOD IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DUMP HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF A GROUND THAT IS MOIST FROM RECENT RAINS. A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL SET UP FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED NORTHEAST OVER THE WARM FRONT...RESULTING IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-190015- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070818T2000Z-070819T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1107 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. * FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ064>066-070>072-190015- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070818T2300Z-070819T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1107 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMKX 182045 FFAMKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 345 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS... .A WET PERIOD IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DUMP HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF A GROUND THAT IS MOIST FROM RECENT RAINS. A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED NORTHEAST OVER THE WARM FRONT...RESULTING IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-190445- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070819T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 345 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ064>066-070>072-190445- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070818T2300Z-070819T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 345 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY MOIST DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMKX 190123 FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 823 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS... .WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DUMP HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED NORTHEAST OVER THE WARM FRONT...RESULTING IN MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. WIZ057-190930- /O.EXA.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070819T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 823 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...COLUMBIA. * UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ058-190930- /O.EXA.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070819T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEAVER DAM 823 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...DODGE. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ056-062-063-067>069-190930- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070819T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 823 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. * UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ064>066-070>072-190930- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070819T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 823 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ TZ
000 WGUS63 KMKX 190807 FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 307 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS STILL LIKELY TODAY... .WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DUMP HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED NORTHEAST OVER THE WARM FRONT...RESULTING IN MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-191615- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 307 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ WIZ058-064>066-070>072-191615- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DODGE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 307 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION. GRAVEL WASHOUTS ON SOME ROAD SHOULDERS IS POSSIBLE. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ KAPELA/PC
000 WGUS63 KMKX 192050 FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 350 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT SAW RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES LAST NIGHT. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT RETENTION PONDS AND STREAMS ARE FULL...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SOIL EROSION AND MUD SLIDES. WIZ056>058-062>072-200500- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070819T2300Z-070820T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 350 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ REM
000 WGUS63 KMKX 192111 CCA FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 411 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT SAW RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES LAST NIGHT. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT RETENTION PONDS AND STREAMS ARE FULL...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SOIL EROSION AND MUD SLIDES. WIZ056>058-062>072-200500- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.A.0003.070819T2300Z-070820T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 411 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ CORRECTED PUNCTUATION IN HEADLINE REM
000 WGUS63 KMKX 200131 FFAMKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 831 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT SAW RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES LAST NIGHT. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT RETENTION PONDS AND STREAMS ARE FULL...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SOIL EROSION AND MUD SLIDES. WIZ056>058-062>072-200945- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 831 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ TZ
000 WGUS63 KMKX 200808 FFAMKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 308 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1 PM WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING A POTENTIALLY PROBLEM... .SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN IOWA WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON. SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR IN SCATTERED LOCATIONS. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT SAW RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT RETENTION PONDS AND STREAMS ARE FULL...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SOIL EROSION AND MUD SLIDES. WIZ056>058-062>072-201615- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 308 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...ROCK AND SAUK. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINS. THEREFORE...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FAST-FLOWING WATER OVER ROADS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOIL EROSION OR MUD SLIDES. HILLY TERRAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ENHANCE THIS KIND OF FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSED ROADS DUE TO ACCUMULATING WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN RAPID AND DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ KAPELA
000 WGUS63 KMKX 201059 FFAMKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 559 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING HAD ENDED... .THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS HAS ENDED. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL REMAIN IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...CLOSER TO THE STATIONARY FRONT IN THAT AREA. WIZ068-201200- /O.CAN.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMKX.FL.A.0007.070821T1930Z-070824T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONROE 559 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY. $$ WIZ056>058-062>067-069>072-201200- /O.CAN.KMKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 559 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY. $$ KAPELA/PC
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDT, 11 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 .DISCUSSION...FOCUS IS ON BEGINNING OF PROLONGED WET SPELL. SFC HIGH PRESSURE HAS BROUGHT SUNNY SKIES AND DRY AIR INTO THE REGION AND WILL LAST THRU TONIGHT. CONVECTION IN THE DAKOTAS ON NOSE OF RETURN 850 MB FLOW...WHICH RGNL VAD WIND PROFILES AND PROFILER DATA SHOW IS IN LINE WITH GFS TREND. AS SUCH...CONVECTION WILL FOLLOW MOISTURE GRADIENT AND TRACK SSE REMAINING WELL WEST OF WI THRU TONIGHT. ONLY AFFECT WILL BE DEBRIS CIRRUS THAT WILL HELP CHECK LOW TEMPS TONIGHT CLOSER TO THE MAV GUIDANCE. MODELS DIFFER WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF HEAVY PCPN AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FRONTOGENETIC FORCING OVER TIGHT 850MB BAROCLINIC ZONE...WITH NAM MUCH SLOWER THAN GFS OR LOCAL WRF MODELS. BELIEVE DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER REGION WILL RETARD THE START OF PCPN OVER CWA SATURDAY FROM GFS...BUT 850-700MB FRONTOGENETIC FORCING EVEN ON THE GFS WILL BRING IT IN QUICKER THAN NAM. WILL HAVE SLGT CHANCES IN THE WRN CWA SAT MORNING...INCREASNG AND SPREADING THEM TO THE EAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. HEAVY RAIN AGAIN A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT THO PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES A BIT LOWER...1.75-1.9 INCHES...THAN RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...BUT PRECIP EFFICIENCIES AND PERSISTENT LIFT GIVE CREDENCE TO AVG 1.5 TO 2 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS SATURDAY NIGHT. NAM AN OUTLIER WITH SFC WRM FRONT POSITION AND QPF MAX MUCH FARTHER NORTH...WILL FOLLOW THE PREFERRED GFS WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY ECMWF AND UKMET. WILL MENTION HVY RAIN FOR NOW...BUT TRENDS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE HEADLINES. WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT A FULL 12 HR DRY PERIOD DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. WARM FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH A SHRT WAVE TRAVELING ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING TO THE NORTH MONDAY. SERIES OF SHRT WAVES THRU THE WEEK WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PCPN WITH NOCTURNAL LOW LVL JET DEVELOPING A COMPLEX EACH NIGHT NEAR...OR TRAVERSING ACROSS CWA. AS WITH PREVIOUS SIMILAR SITUATION WILL TRY TO RAISE/LOWER POPS TO HIGHLIGHT MOST LIKELY TIMES FOR PCPN. && .AVIATION...XPCT WDSPRD VFR CONDS THRU 18Z SAT. CIGS SHLD LWR TO BTWN 070-100 AFT 12Z WITH VIRGA...THEN TO BTWN 040-070 AFT 16Z WITH PSBL -TSRA AS MCC SPRDS ACRS SRN WI. VSBYS SHLD RMN AOA VFR XCPT IN SCT HVR -TSRA AFT 16Z. MCC XPCTD TO DVLP LT TNGT AND SAT AS LLJ INCRS OVR H850 BARO ZONE WITH APCHG SHORT WAVE. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 09/09/35
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 615 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-180915- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 615 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH SOME RISK FOR FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN COPIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-665-180915- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE- NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT- WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- WISCONSIN ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO MID LAKE- 615 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.