Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 1:58 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 7, 2008, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Green Lake County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dalton, WI | WATER COVERING THE ROADS AND BARRICADES WERE SET UP. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 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 071858
FFWMKX
WIC047-072300-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0005.080607T1858Z-080607T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
158 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 155 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
PRINCETON...MARKESAN...GREEN LAKE AND BERLIN
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SULLIVAN.
LAT...LON 4378 8916 4381 8916 4383 8919 4388 8919
4389 8916 4398 8916 4398 8888 4364 8888
4363 8906 4365 8923 4377 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 180DEG 0KT 4360 8951
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KMKX 072019 RRA
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
319 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC047-072300-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080607T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREEN LAKE WI-
319 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR GREEN
LAKE COUNTY...
AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PRINCETON...MARKESAN...GREEN LAKE AND BERLIN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4378 8916 4381 8916 4383 8919 4388 8919
4389 8916 4398 8916 4398 8888 4364 8888
4363 8906 4365 8923 4377 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 180DEG 0KT 4360 8951
$$
BORGHOFF000
WGUS73 KMKX 072252
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
551 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC047-072301-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080607T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREEN LAKE WI-
551 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT FOR GREEN LAKE
COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MOST OF THE HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...AND A CALL TO THE LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT REVEALS NO RESIDUAL FLOODING. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
MATERIALIZES...ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4378 8916 4381 8916 4383 8919 4388 8919
4389 8916 4398 8916 4398 8888 4364 8888
4363 8906 4365 8923 4377 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 180DEG 0KT 4360 8951
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 39 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Iowa, Sauk | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Washington | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Racine, Walworth and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 21 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 62 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 27 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 67 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 10 days |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 14 days |
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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.