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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 10, 2008Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2008, 10:24 AM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: Minor

County Milwaukee County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 river

Written for the forecast point Milwaukee River at Milwaukee-Estabrook Park (MEEW3).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04087000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 10, 4:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111415-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CAUSED MANY RIVERS
AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE...OR
ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. A FEW SITES HAVE OR WILL
EXCEED RECORD STAGES. SEE OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION
SERVICES INTERNET PAGE FOR DETAILS.

SEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS
THE ENTIRE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAY
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS.

MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

LMZ643>646-111415-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR
FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
AGAIN THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY
NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS.

WINDS AND WAVES MAY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1259 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WATERTOWN               43.19N 88.72W
06/09/2008  M13.50 INCH      JEFFERSON          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT. TOTAL RAINFALL OVER 4 DAY PERIOD FROM
            JUNE 5TH THROUGH JUNE 8TH.

&&

KUHLMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	45 days
Jun 10, 3:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Waushara, Winnebago	34 days
Jun 10, 3:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Sauk	7 hr
Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MKX	Waukesha	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.