Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jun 7, 2008, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Columbia County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 071835
FFWMKX
WIC021-077-111-072230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0004.080607T1833Z-080607T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE WARNED  
  AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL     
  WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  WESTFIELD...MONTELLO...WISCONSIN DELLS...BARABOO...AND REEDSBURG.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SULLIVAN.

LAT...LON 4366 8961 4397 8961 4398 8916 4377 8916
      4376 8921 4377 8923 4365 8923 4364 8919
      4339 8933 4329 8961 4329 8971 4319 8986
      4317 9019 4355 9021 4356 9032 4364 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 180DEG 0KT 4374 8981

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WGUS73 KMKX 072019
FFSMKX

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

WIC021-077-111-072230-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080607T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARQUETTE WI-COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-
318 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SAUK...WESTERN COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE RELAYED SEVERAL REPORTS OF 
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO              
WESTFIELD...MONTELLO...WISCONSIN DELLS...BARABOO...AND REEDSBURG.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4366 8961 4397 8961 4398 8916 4377 8916
      4376 8921 4377 8923 4365 8923 4364 8919
      4339 8933 4329 8961 4329 8971 4319 8986
      4317 9019 4355 9021 4356 9032 4364 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 180DEG 0KT 4374 8981

$$

BORGHOFF

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.