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River Flood Warning 110, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 13, 2008, 3:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2008, 3:16 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 9:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 01:30 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 Root River at Franklin (FRKW3).
- Action stage
- 7 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 04087220, 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 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
138 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
VERY ACTIVE NIGHT IN STORE. EXPECT REPEATED DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA. RIGHT REAR ENTRANCE OF THE UPPER JET
IS PARKED OVER THE REGION AND WILL SUPPLY AMPLE DEEP LIFT. VERY
MOIST AIR FLOWING NORTH WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2
INCHES. WK SFC TROF/WMFNT WORKING NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
EVENING. GOOD LLV SHEAR WITH SE FLOW AHEAD THIS TROF. THIS IS A
VERY BAD SITUATION FOR AN ALEADY SATURATED REGION. WE COULD SEE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME AREAS EXCEED 3 INCHES. THE FOCUS FOR THE
HEAVIEST RAIN LOOKS TO BE ALONG AND SE OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM
DUBUQUE IOWA NORTHWEST THROUGH DANE COUNTY TO GREEN LAKE COUNTY.
SAUK COUNTY WILL LIKELY GET SOME THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY
RAIN...BUT THE WORST SHOULD BE SE OF THIS REGION.
FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE
FLOODING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE VERY SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL BE EASIER FOR
THE WIND TO KNOCK DONW TREES AND POWER LINES.
RAIN CHANCES REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST...AS
THE PATTERN IS SLOW TO MOVE EAST.
EVENTUALLY THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN WILL BE SHIFTING FROM A MOIST
AND ACTIVE SW FLOW TO A WEST NORTHWEST FLOW THAT WILL TURN MUCH
QUIETER NEXT WEEK. THERE IS SOME SUGGESTION OF A STRONG COMPLEX
COMING THROUGH HERE SUN AFT/EVE WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT AND
POSSIBLE S/W. THE GFS IS VERY STRONG WITH THIS...BUT LOOKS
OVERDONE.
MON THROUGH THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK IS LOOKING DRY AND COOLER.
&&
.AVIATION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE PERIOD...WANING TOWARD 18Z. EXPECT MVFR AND POSSIBLE IFR
CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE STORMS. ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST
WHICH WILL HELP TO QUICKLY LOWER THE CIGS AND VSBYS AROUND THE
STORMS.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-
056>060-062>072.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...05
AVIATION/MARINE...08Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
715 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0657 PM TORNADO 6 NE STOUGHTON 42.98N 89.14W
06/12/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO OCCURRED BETWEEN HIGHWAYS B AND W IN EASTERN DANE
COUNTY.
&&
KRRLocal storm report, Jun 12, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
716 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
SPOTTED NEAR I-43 AND COUNTY ROAD FF
&&
FRANKSLocal storm report, Jun 12, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
717 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM FUNNEL CLOUD W UTICA 42.97N 89.12W
06/12/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER WAS LOOKING EAST NORTHEAST FROM LOCATION.
&&
KRRLocal storm report, Jun 12, 7:44 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
812 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TORNADO 5 W PARDEEVILLE 43.53N 89.40W
06/12/2008 COLUMBIA WI EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO PER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.
&&
KRRLocal storm report, Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
815 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TORNADO 5 E PARDEEVILLE 43.53N 89.20W
06/12/2008 COLUMBIA WI EMERGENCY MNGR
COORECTION TO LOCATION IN PREVIOUS REPORT. POSSIBLE
TORNADO PER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.
&&
KRRThe 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, 8:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 63 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 |
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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.