Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jun 7, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS53 KMKX 080103
FFWMKX
WIC079-101-133-080700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0013.080608T0100Z-080608T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
800 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF 
THE WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE METRO AREAS WHERE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 
3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.  

SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...POSSIBLY 
CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BEFORE THE NIGHT IS 
OVER.  

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH
  BAY...MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE...MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO...UW-MILWAUKEE
  CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT...MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL
  AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE...WEST MILWAUKEE...WEST ALLIS...
  WAUWATOSA...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...WALES...SUSSEX...ST. FRANCIS...
  RIVER HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...NORTH PRAIRIE...NEW
  BERLIN...MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON...HARTLAND...HALES
  CORNERS...GREENFIELD...GREENDALE...FOX POINT...ELM GROVE...
  DOUSMAN...DELAFIELD...CUDAHY...BUTLER...BROWN DEER...BROOKFIELD...
  BAYSIDE AND GLENDALE

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.

LAT...LON 4267 8779 4279 8831 4284 8831 4285 8853
      4320 8853 4320 8787 4306 8783 4303 8787
      4298 8781 4287 8782 4280 8777 4269 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 180DEG 0KT 4292 8830

$$

CRAVEN

000 
WGUS73 KMKX 080353
FFSMKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1048 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC079-101-133-080700-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080608T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-
1048 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN RACINE...MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA 
COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  IN ADDITION...MORE THUNDERSTORMS 
WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 

ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT RAINFALL OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF 
INCHES IS LIKELY WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO WORSEN THE FLOODING 
POTENTIAL.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN 
MILWAUKEE...WEST MILWAUKEE...WEST ALLIS...WAUWATOSA...DOWNTOWN 
WAUKESHA...WALES...SUSSEX...ST. FRANCIS...RIVER 
HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...NORTH PRAIRIE...NEW 
BERLIN...MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...HARTLAND...AND GLENDALE

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 4267 8779 4279 8831 4284 8831 4285 8853
      4320 8853 4320 8787 4306 8783 4303 8787
      4298 8781 4287 8782 4280 8777 4269 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 180DEG 0KT 4292 8830

$$
MBK

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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.