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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 16 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: Jun 7, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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, 5:10 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Waukesha, WI	WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. WATER OVER CURBS AND VEHICLES STALLING IN WATER.
Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Waukesha, WI	MANHOLE COVERS BEING DISLODGED DUE TO HEAVY STREET FLOODING.
Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Se Pewaukee, WI	FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER THE STREET AT COUNTY HIGHWAY T AND COUNTY HIGHWAY SS. JUST SOUTH OF WCTC.
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Waukesha, WI	COUNTY HIGHWAY Y AND HIGHWAY 164. WATER OVER THE CURBS AND ROADWAY. INTERSECTION IS NO LONGER PASSABLE...CARS STALLED DUE TO THE FLASH FLOODING.
Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Waukesha, WI	A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.
Jun 7, 5:41 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Se Waukesha, WI	6-12 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
Jun 7, 5:48 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Milwaukee, WI	FROM 1 MILE WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE REFERENCE POINT. 1.5-2 FEET OF WATER IN THE ROADS AND CAUSING DAMAGE IN BUILDINGS. CARS ARE FLOATING IN INTERSECTIONS.
Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Milwaukee, 07	REPORTS OF 1-2 FEET OF WATER IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE AND CARS FLOATING IN THE FLOOD WATERS.
Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 S West Allis, WI	A FOOT OF WATER ON THE HONEY CREEK PARKWAY. HONEY CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANK.
Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nnw Greenfield, WI	6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AND THE CENTER MEDIAN.
Jun 7, 6:14 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Brookfield, WI	3.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. ROADS AND LAWNS ARE FLOODING. FROM THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD WEST OF THE CITY OF BROOKFIELD.
Jun 7, 6:18 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Allis, WI	REPORTED ON 97TH STREET BETWEEN OKLAHOMA AVENUE AND WEST BELOIT ROAD. 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. MAJOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED. BASEMENTS ARE FLOODING AS WELL. WATER IS BUBBLING UP THROUGH MANHOLE COVERS.
Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.01	3 S Waukesha, WI	RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Allis, WI	97TH STREET STILL IMPASSIBLE WITH STALLED CARS.
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.45	West Allis, WI
Jun 7, 7:41 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.3	3 W Brookfield, WI	REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD WEST OF THE CITY OF BROOKFIELD. RAINFALL TOTAL IS SINCE MIDNIGHT.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KMKX 072100
FFWMKX
WIC079-133-080100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0009.080607T2100Z-080608T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH
  BAY...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT...
  WAUWATOSA...SUSSEX...RIVER HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...
  MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON...HARTLAND...FOX POINT...        
  DELAFIELD...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.

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

LAT...LON 4296 8783 4297 8854 4320 8853 4319 8785
      4315 8785 4313 8787 4305 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4299 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 180DEG 0KT 4305 8824

$$

BORGHOFF

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KMKX 072207
FFSMKX

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

WIC079-133-080100-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-
506 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN MILWAUKEE AND NORTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE ENTIRE 
WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH 
BAY...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN 
MILWAUKEE...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...WAUWATOSA...SUSSEX...RIVER 
HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...MERTON...MENOMONEE 
FALLS...LANNON...HARTLAND...FOX POINT...DELAFIELD...BUTLER...BROWN 
DEER...BROOKFIELD...BAYSIDE AND GLENDALE.

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.

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

LAT...LON 4296 8783 4297 8854 4320 8853 4319 8785
      4315 8785 4313 8787 4305 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4299 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 180DEG 0KT 4305 8824

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WGUS73 KMKX 072307
FFSMKX

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

WIC079-133-080100-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-
606 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN MILWAUKEE AND NORTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTS OF CARS FLOATING IN FLOOD WATERS IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH
BAY...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT...
WAUWATOSA...SUSSEX...RIVER HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...
MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON...HARTLAND...FOX POINT...
DELAFIELD...BUTLER...BROWN DEER...BROOKFIELD...BAYSIDE AND GLENDALE

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.

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

LAT...LON 4296 8783 4297 8854 4320 8853 4319 8785
      4315 8785 4313 8787 4305 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4299 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 180DEG 0KT 4305 8824

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WGUS73 KMKX 080017
FFSMKX

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

WIC079-133-080100-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-
713 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN MILWAUKEE AND NORTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO 
REDEVELOP OVER WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES.  

DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 
FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH WATER AS DEEP AS 2 FEET STALLING 
CARS AND CAUSING ROADS TO BE IMPASSIBLE.

THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED 
AREAS AS YOUR CAR MAY STALL.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEFISH
BAY...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT...
WAUWATOSA...SUSSEX...RIVER HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...
MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON...HARTLAND...FOX POINT...
DELAFIELD...BUTLER...BROWN DEER...BROOKFIELD...BAYSIDE AND GLENDALE

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  EVENTS LIKE THIS OFTEN 
LEAD TO LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 10 INCHES.

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.

LAT...LON 4296 8783 4297 8854 4320 8853 4319 8785
      4315 8785 4313 8787 4305 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4299 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 180DEG 0KT 4305 8824

$$

CRAVEN

The 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, 1:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green Lake	4 hr
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, 4:05 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

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.