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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751 WGUS53 KMKX 100513 FFWMKX WIC055-105-127-100815- /O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0001.160610T0513Z-160610T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1213 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN... NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 1212 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WHITEWATER...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JOHNSON CREEK... LAKE RIPLEY...LAKE KOSHKONONG...MILFORD...HEBRON AND BUSSEYVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVER THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4314 8878 4280 8867 4282 8900 4314 8901 $$ MBK
3 follow-up statements
435 WGUS73 KMKX 100539 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1239 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 WIC055-105-127-100815- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160610T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-ROCK WI- 1239 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR WESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH AND NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES... AT 1236 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WHITEWATER...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JOHNSON CREEK...LAKE RIPLEY...LAKE KOSHKONONG...MILFORD...HEBRON AND BUSSEYVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST ROCK COUNTY SO FAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4314 8878 4280 8867 4282 8900 4314 8901 $$ MBK
405 WGUS73 KMKX 100612 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 112 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 WIC055-105-127-100815- /O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160610T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-ROCK WI- 112 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR WESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH AND NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES... AT 110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE MOST LIKELY ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WHITEWATER...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JOHNSON CREEK...LAKE RIPLEY...LAKE KOSHKONONG...MILFORD...HEBRON AND BUSSEYVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4314 8878 4280 8867 4282 8900 4314 8901 $$ MBK
122 WGUS73 KMKX 100641 FFSMKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 141 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 WIC055-105-127-100649- /O.CAN.KMKX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160610T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-ROCK WI- 141 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH AND NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES AND DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4314 8878 4280 8867 4282 8900 4314 8901 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 115 min |
| Jun 10, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha | 119 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Marquette, Sauk | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.