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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 15, 2008Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 16, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2008, 4:05 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity
Minor

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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 Rock River at Watertown (WATW3).

Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
6.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05425500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:14 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008Every 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.