Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2018, 11:55 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Aug 27, 2018, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 12:15 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Montello, WI | |
| Aug 28, 12:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 2 S 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, 4.9 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
706 WGUS53 KMKX 280455 FFWMKX WIC047-077-280800- /O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0010.180828T0455Z-180828T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 1155 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2018 The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Green Lake County in south central Wisconsin... Marquette County in south central Wisconsin... * Until 300 AM CDT. * At 1154 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Berlin, Montello, Markesan, Westfield, Princeton, Green Lake, Lawrence, Packwaukee, Manchester, Oxford, Endeavor, Neshkoro, Kingston, Marquette, Glen Oak, Harrisville, Springfield Corners, Dalton and Briggsville. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4398 8889 4363 8889 4364 8960 4398 8960 $$ GEHRING
1 follow-up statement
519 WGUS53 KMKX 280746 FFWMKX WIC047-077-281100- /O.EXT.KMKX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180828T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 246 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018 The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Green Lake County in south central Wisconsin... Marquette County in south central Wisconsin... * Until 600 AM CDT. * At 244 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain continue across the warned area. Radar estimates suggest 4 to 5 inches of have already fallen over Marquette county and 2 to 3 inches over Green Lake county. Flash flooding is already occurring. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Berlin, Montello, Markesan, Westfield, Princeton, Green Lake, Lawrence, Packwaukee, Manchester, Oxford, Endeavor, Neshkoro, Kingston, Marquette, Glen Oak, Harrisville, Springfield Corners, Dalton and Briggsville. Additional rainfall amounts of of around 1 inch are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4398 8889 4363 8889 4364 8960 4398 8960 $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 92 min | |
| Aug 27, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:33 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Ozaukee | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 13 days |
| Aug 28, 12:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 16 days |
| Aug 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marquette | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 92 min | |
| Aug 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 6:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 63 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 36 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 20 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.