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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 26, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Baraboo River at Rock Springs (RSPW3).
- Action stage
- 13.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 18.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 23 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 Apr 26, 4:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 401 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 .DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS ON DEPARTING SYSTEM TODAY AND THEN HANDLING POPS INTO MID WEEK. WATER VAPOR/RUC COMBO SHOWS STG 36 UNIT VORT MAX LIFTING NEWD FROM KMSP WITH 995MB SFC LOW VCNTY LAKE SUPERIOR. MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WORKING ACRS CWA WHILE DEF ZONE PCPN ASSOC WITH VORT WRAPPING EWD INTO WRN WI. WITH VORT LIFTING NEWD THINK PCPN SHIELD WILL MISS GLANCING THE NW PART OF OUR CWA. 11/3 IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF LLVL RH WITH STRATUS EXTENDING BACK INTO PORTIONS OF SRN IA. WILL BANK ON SOME BREAKS EVOLVING TODAY AS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY. AXIS OF 4MB 3 HR PRES RISES ACRS THE CWA ATTM THO GRADIENT PROGGD TO REMAIN FAIRLY TIGHT TODAY WITH SOUNDINGS SHOWING MIXINESS SUPPORTIVE OF WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. DAVA ALSO AIDING IN THE TRANSFER OF DOWNWARD MOMENTUM. CORE OF COLDEST H8 TEMPS AFFECT THE CWA THIS MRNG WITH WARMING FROM THE SOUTH AS THE DAY WEARS ALONG. WEAK RIDGING PROGGD FOR TONIGHT WITH MODELS SLOWING DOWN THE ARRIVAL OF PCPN WITH NEXT SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY. WILL BACK OFF ON THE PCPN CHCS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RESTRICT TO FAR SW PART OF THE CWA. FOR SUNDAY THE IDEA FROM YESTERDAY THAT THE GFS OPERATIONAL RUN WAS AN OUTLIER SEEMS TO BE COMING TO FRUITION AS THE 00Z RUN HAS REALLY BACKED OFF ON THE STRENGTH AND NORTHWEST POSITIONING OF THE SFC AND H8 LOW FROM IL INTO LWR MI. NEVERTHELESS SOME UPPER DVRG ON ERN SIDE OF APPCH TROUGH...THO BEST DVRG SOUTH OF CWA VCNTY RRQ OF JET. UPPER TROUGH TO PROGRESSIVELY GET CARVED OUT ACRS THE CWA. LEAD SHORT WAVE AFFECTS THE CWA SUNDAY WITH THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS COMING ACRS THE CWA SUN NGT INTO MONDAY. THERMAL PROFILES INDICATE SOME MIXY POTENTIAL ESP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE COLDER H8 TEMPS ADVECT SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. UPPER TROUGH PROGGD TO EXIT THE AREA MON NIGHT WITH NW UPPER FLOW INTO WEDNESDAY. FLOW LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANTICYCLONIC TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GFS HINTS AT SHEARED VORTS MAY GENERATE LIGHT QPF. 00Z ECMWF SHOWING THE START OF RETURN OF WAA INDUCED PCPN AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY HOWEVER BETTER FORCING PROGGD TO OUR NW ACRS NRN WI AND MN...SO WILL WILL LEAVE DRY FCST INTACT FOR WEDNESDAY ATTM. && 10 .AVIATION...STRONG LOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. STRATOCUMULUS SHIELD WILL BRING MVFR CIGS INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CLOUDS SCATTER OUT. BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. && .MARINE...STRONG LOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND LOW WILL BRING GOOD MIXING CONDITIONS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 KNOTS EXPECTED...SO WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY INTO THIS EVENING. SOME GUSTS MAY APPROACH GALE CRITERIA. HIGHEST WAVES WOULD BE TOWARD OPEN WATER...GIVEN THE MAINLY OFFSHORE FLOW. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LMZ643>646. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 352 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-271130- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 352 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MANY RIVERS...INCLUDING THE FOX...ROCK...SUGAR...CRAWFISH... PECATONICA AND SHEBOYGAN RIVERS WILL BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-271130- 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- 352 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 2:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
245 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW BELMONT 42.77N 90.37W
04/26/2008 M3.18 INCH LAFAYETTE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
3.18INCHES TWO DAY TOTAL.
&&
HENTZLocal storm report, Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sauk | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 9 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green, Rock | 9 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 21 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 11 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 days |
| Apr 26, 5:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 5 days |
| Apr 26, 5:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 27 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more | 5 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.