Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2009, 12:04 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 23 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 19, 2009, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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 19, 12:20 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.03 | Wauwatosa, WI | 2.03 INCHES IN LAST 45 MINUTES |
| Jun 19, 12:27 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.3 | Greenfield, WI | STREET FLOODING OVER CURB AT 97TH ST BETWEEN OKLAHOMA AND BELOIT |
| Jun 19, 12:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Milwaukee, WI | REPORTED BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. WATER WAS SHOOTING UP VERTICALLY ABOUT 2 OR 3 FEET OUT OF THE SEWERS NEAR THE JOURNAL SENTINEL BUILDING. WATER WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF THE SINKS AND TOILETS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THEIR BUILDING. |
| Jun 19, 12:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Stone Bank, WI | 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FLOODING OVER ROADS |
| Jun 19, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Milwaukee, WI | REPORTED BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. SOME FLASH FLOODING AND FLOOD DAMAGE AT MILLER PARK LAST NIGHT. SOME INVENTORY IN STORAGE AREAS WAS LOST. THE CLUBHOUSES ESCAPED DAMAGE...BUT SOME CARPETING MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. |
| Jun 19, 1:07 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.95 | 3 Wsw Milwaukee, WI | MILLER PARK MESONET |
| Jun 19, 1:07 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.23 | 1 N Milwaukee, WI | SAINT VINCENT PALLOTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NET |
| Jun 19, 1:09 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brookfield, WI | WATER OVER CURB IN VICINITY OF BROOKFIELD AND CALHOUN RDS |
| Jun 19, 1:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waukesha, WI | NEAR SUNSET AND WEST IN WAUKESHA...WATER OVER THE ROADWAY STRANDED A VEHICLE. WATER CAME OVER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. PORTIONS OF WEST AVENUE NEAR SUNSET AND HIGHWAY 59 WERE ALSO UNDER WATER...WITH THE WATER COMING UP OVER THE CURB. |
| Jun 19, 1:14 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Brookfield, WI | INTERSECTION OF GEBHARDT AND BARKER ROADS. 2.5 FEET OF WATER IN THE INTERSECTION WAS ESTIMATED VIA THE DEPTH IN RELATION TO STREET SIGNS. A VEHICLE WAS TRAPPED IN WATER UP TO THE DRIVERS WINDOW. BROOKFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO RESCUE THE DRIVER. |
| Jun 19, 1:15 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.71 | West Allis, WI | 3.68 INCHES IN LAST HOUR...4.71 INCH STORM TOTAL. STREETS FLOODED |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDT | FLOOD | 1 W Milwaukee, WI | ESTIMATED 4 FT OF WATER FLOODING BASEMENTS |
| Jun 19, 1:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Greenfield, WI | 2 FEET OF STANDING/FLOWING WATER ON INTERSTATE 894 NEAR MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jun 19, 1:29 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nnw Wauwatosa, WI | BOTH DIRECTIONS OF HWY 45 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...CAR SUBMERGED UP TO DOORS AT HWY 45 S OF SILVERSPRING |
| Jun 19, 1:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Wauwatosa, WI | REPORT WAS CALLED INTO THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. WATER WAS KNEE DEEP AT THE 3900 BLOCK OF NORTH 63RD STREET. WATER WAS ALSO A FOOT DEEP IN HOUSES BASEMENTS. |
| Jun 19, 1:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Milwaukee, 07 | ESTIMATED 1 FT OF WATER OVER CURB ON I894 AT 27TH ST |
| Jun 19, 1:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.41 | 2 Se Milwaukee Timmerma, WI | |
| Jun 19, 1:33 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.31 | 4 W Brookfield, WI | |
| Jun 19, 1:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Allis, WI | WATER 2.5 FT DEEP NEAR STATE FAIR PARK GROUND. ROAD CLOSED NEAR GREENFIELD AVE AND 84TH ST...DELAYED REPORT |
| Jun 19, 1:50 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.15 | 2 Ese Waukesha, WI | |
| Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Milwaukee, WI | SEVERAL CARS STALLED IN HIGH WATER NEAR SOUTH 6TH AND WEEST CANAL STREETS IN THE MENOMONEE RIVER VALLEY...NEAR THE LOWEST POINT OF THE 6TH STREET VIADUCT. REPORTED BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. |
| Jun 19, 2:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Shorewood, WI | BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE 3200 BLOCK OF WEST CAPITOL DRIVE HAD CLOSED. CARS WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER AND WERE ABANDONED. SIMILAR HIGH WATER WITH STRANDED VEHICLES EXISTED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY NEAR THE 3200 BLOCK OF WEST TOWNSEND STREET. A WOMAN WAS RESCUED FRO |
| Jun 19, 3:49 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.75 | 2 Ne New Berlin, WI |
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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 190504
FFWMKX
WIC055-079-133-190930-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0002.090619T0504Z-090619T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1204 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 1204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BAYSIDE...BROOKFIELD...BROWN DEER...CUDAHY...DELAFIELD...DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...ELM GROVE...FORT ATKINSON...FOX
POINT...FRANKLIN...GLENDALE...GREENDALE...GREENFIELD...HALES
CORNERS...HARTLAND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...MENOMONEE FALLS...
MUKWONAGO...MUSKEGO...NEW BERLIN...OAK CREEK...OKAUCHEE LAKE...
PEWAUKEE...SOUTH MILWAUKEE...ST. FRANCIS...SUSSEX...WALES AND
WATERLOO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL HOW
DEEP THE WATER IS.
LAT...LON 4284 8782 4284 8901 4320 8901 4319 8787
4313 8789 4307 8785 4302 8788 4296 8783
$$
BORGHOFF/FRANKS2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KMKX 190740
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
240 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
WIC055-079-133-190930-
/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090619T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-JEFFERSON WI-
240 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR
JEFFERSON...MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...
AT 229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILWAUKEE
WAUWATOSA...WATERTOWN...PEWAUKEE...MENOMONEE FALLS...LAKE MILLS...
JOHNSON CREEK...BROOKFIELD AND BAYSIDE.
RADAR ESTIMATES AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A BAND OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN FELL. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBAN FLOODING AND ROAD
CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
IN ADDITION RIVERS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY WITH A FEW IN
FLOOD...ESPECIALLY THE MENOMONEE RIVER IN WAUWATOSA...AND THE
OAK CREEK RIVER AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OVER...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4284 8782 4284 8901 4320 8901 4319 8787
4313 8789 4307 8785 4302 8788 4296 8783
$$
HENTZ000
WGUS73 KMKX 190935
FFSMKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
435 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
WIC055-079-133-190937-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090619T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-JEFFERSON WI-
435 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON...
MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM...BUT MORE
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SOME LINGERING FLOODING OF LOW AREAS MAY CONTINUE INTO MID MORNING
DUE TO THE STORM WATER RUNOFF. SEVERAL RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD IN THE
MILWAUKEE METRO AREA...ESPECIALLY THE MENOMONEE RIVER IN WAUWATOSA
WHICH CRESTED AT JUST ABOVE 15 FEET.
A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MENOMONEE RIVER...THE
OAK CREEK...IN THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREAS...AND THE FOX RIVER IN
WAUKESHA.
LAT...LON 4284 8782 4284 8901 4320 8901 4319 8787
4313 8789 4307 8785 4302 8788 4296 8783
$$
HENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 113 min | |
| Jun 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 72 min |
| Jun 19, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock, Walworth | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 117 min | |
| Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 45 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:16 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green | 13 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 37 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 85 min |
| Jun 19, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 77 min |
| Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 11 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 42 min |
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.