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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 13, 2008Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 5:52 AM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2008, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 11:12 AM CDT
In force: 53 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 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 5:15 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:15 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1212 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

WIZ052-058>060-063>072-130700-
SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...
BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1212 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 516 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SHEBOYGAN...ROCK...JEFFERSON...OZAUKEE...WASHINGTON...
KENOSHA...RACINE...WAUKESHA...MILWAUKEE...AND KENOSHA.

AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON...TO WAUKESHA...TO LAKE GENEVA. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.

THE MOST FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS GENERALLY
TO THE SOUTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON...TO FORT ATKINSON...TO BROWNTOWN
LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE...STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND TORNADOES.

NORTH OF THIS LINE...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZED
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A VERY SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...EXCEPT MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES UNTIL
130 AM.

INTERSTATE 90/94 IN COLUMBIA COUNTY IS CLOSED BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
92 AND 106 DUE TO FLASH FLOODING...IN ADDITION TO THE WESTBOUND
LANES OF INTERSTATE 94 OVER THE ROCK RIVER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...OR
INTERNET SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION THIS EVENING. BE
PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

BORGHOFF

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
102 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

1130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DOUSMAN                 43.01N 88.47W
06/12/2008                   WAUKESHA           WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            HIGHWAY 18 IN DOUSMAN IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

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FRANKS

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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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, 8:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	63 hr
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, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	25 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.