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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 30, 200620 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood watch at May 30, 2006, 2:21 PM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 30, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2006, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 15 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 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 30, 4:23 AM CDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:23 AM CDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     HAIL             OAK CREEK               42.88N 87.90W
05/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       MILWAUKEE          WI   AMATEUR RADIO

            ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1/4 MILE NORTHEAST OF OAK
            CREEK.

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WOOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 11:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	114 min
May 30, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine	47 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	20 min
May 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.