Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood watch at Jun 7, 2008, 12:46 PM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 7, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2008, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
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 Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 356 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 FORECAST FOCUS ON HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NEXT FEW DAYS. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MANITOBA CANADA. SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WAS SEEN OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND BACK INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. STRONG JET STREAK WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS AREA. AT THE SURFACE...A STRONG SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WAS MOVING NORTH INTO MANITOBA CANADA. BROAD SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WERE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION. .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... FOLLOWED THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR GUIDANCE FOR THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST...PER HPC DISCUSSION. SURFACE WARM FRONT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY 00Z SUNDAY. THIS FEATURE SHOULD COMBINE WITH LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS RESPONSE FIELDS AND AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET NOSE TO PRODUCE CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS...NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. GFS AND ECMWF FOCUS THE CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA...AND LOW LEVEL JET NOSE AND MOISTURE ADVECTION ALSO FOCUSING ON SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...OTHER AREAS OF CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA. SO...WILL GO SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS TODAY...INCREASING TO LIKELY POPS TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS TONIGHT...AS MESO BETA ELEMENTS INDICATE SLOW PROPAGATION OF STORMS...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z SUNDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGE FROM 1.50 TO 1.75 INCHES. TRAINING OF CONVECTION ALSO POSSIBLE...GIVEN PARALLEL ORIENTATION OF MEAN WINDS AND LIFTING MECHANISMS. WILL HOLD OFF ON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW...AND WAIT TO SEE HOW CONVECTION DEVELOPS AND WHERE IT GOES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. MEAN LAYER CAPE VALUES OF 1500 TO 2500 J/KG ARE EXPECTED BY 00Z SUNDAY...ALONG WITH 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS...AND 0-1KM SHEAR OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS. THESE VALUES WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT SEVERE CONVECTION...WITH SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF CONVECTION AND POSSIBLE MCS TONIGHT...WILL NOT MENTION SEVERE IN FORECAST FOR NOW. SEE SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION. SURFACE BOUNDARY AND WEAK SURFACE LOW SLOWLY SINK SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z MONDAY...WITH THE FRONT INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY 12Z MONDAY. AGAIN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINING POSSIBLE. WILL MAINTAIN THE HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN THE FORECAST...AS PARAMETERS MENTIONED ABOVE PERSIST. SEE SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SEVERE POTENTIAL. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... UNSETTLED PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...AS GFS AND ECMWF BOTH CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER LEVEL FLOW BRINGING WEATHER SYSTEMS THROUGH THE REGION. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE WORDING FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...DRY AIR IN PLACE FOR A SHORT TIME THIS MORNING. HIGHER DWPNTS SURGING NORTH AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA THIS MORNING. MOISTURE FLUX AND APPROACH OF FRONT TO THE WEST WILL RAISE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH PERIOD...EXCEPT IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...08/WOOD AVIATION/MARINE...05/DAVIS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 8:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1124 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-072100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1124 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...TO LA CROSSE...TO DECORAH IOWA. AS THESE STORMS PUSH EAST...THEY WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. INSTABILITY...LIFT...AND SHEAR PROFILES ARE STRENGTHENING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN IOWA. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. A STRONG TORNADO ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY FOR WHEN A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED...AND BE PREPARED TO EXECUTE THE PLAN WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. BORGHOFF/GEHRING/TZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1246 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-071945- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC 1246 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 478 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...TO CAMP DOUGLAS...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. ONE STORM IN SOUTHEAST MONROE COUNTY HAS EXTREME ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND IS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. RESIDENTS IN MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...AND FOND DU LAC COUNTY NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED SOON. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. INSTABILITY...LIFT...AND SHEAR PROFILES ARE STRENGTHENING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN IOWA. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. STRONG TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY TO BE EXECUTED WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. WIZ052-056>060-062>064-067-068-071945- SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE 1246 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 478 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...TO CAMP DOUGLAS...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. AS THESE STORMS PUSH EAST...THEY WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. INSTABILITY...LIFT...AND SHEAR PROFILES ARE STRENGTHENING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN IOWA. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. STRONG TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY TO BE EXECUTED WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. WIZ065-066-069>072-071945- WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1246 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...TO CAMP DOUGLAS...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. AS THESE STORMS PUSH EAST...THEY WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. INSTABILITY...LIFT...AND SHEAR PROFILES ARE STRENGTHENING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN IOWA. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. STRONG TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY FOR WHEN A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED...AND BE PREPARED TO EXECUTE THE PLAN WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 4:00 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.