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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 13, 2008Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2008, 9:59 AM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: Major

County Columbia County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spring Creek at Lodi (LODW3).

Action stage: 5.5 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 7.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 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, 5:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	53 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.