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River Flood Warning 109, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 12, 2008Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 12, 2008, 11:38 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 12, 2008, 11:38 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 11:12 AM CDT
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: Moderate

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sheboygan River at Sheboygan (SEBW3).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04086000, 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 12, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
330 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-131200-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
330 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. THIS COULD CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT... DAMAGING AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING...AND
AGGRAVATE THE MANY FLOODING PROBLEMS REMAINING ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

MANY LAKES...RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN WELL ABOVE 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PORT
WASHINGTON...TO JANESVILLE ON FRIDAY...WITH A CHANCE TO THE
NORTHWEST. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ643>646-131200-
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-
330 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL TO PING PONG
BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. AN ISOLATED
WATERSPOUT IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

BORGHOFF
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
647 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

0644 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 W ADELL               43.62N 88.01W
06/12/2008                   SHEBOYGAN          WI   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

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FRANKS

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
659 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

0654 PM     TORNADO          W HAVEN                 43.85N 87.75W
06/12/2008                   SHEBOYGAN          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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FRANKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	29 min
Jun 12, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	51 min
Jun 12, 7:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 11 more	6 hr
Jun 12, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		114 min
Jun 12, 8:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	38 hr
Jun 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		115 min
Jun 12, 9:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	47 hr
Jun 12, 9:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	41 hr
Jun 12, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		93 min
Jun 13, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	42 min
Jun 13, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jun 13, 12:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine	87 min
Jun 13, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	47 min
Jun 13, 12:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	15 hr
Jun 13, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	36 min
Jun 13, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	52 min
Jun 13, 1:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	60 hr
Jun 13, 2:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Waukesha	7 hr
Jun 13, 5:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	53 hr
Jun 13, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	25 hr

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