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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 26, 2008Sauk County, Wisconsin

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 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 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.

&&

HENTZ
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXSauk11 hr
Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXKenosha9 hr
Apr 25, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXGreen, Rock9 hr
Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington3 hr
Apr 25, 9:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson3 hr
Apr 26, 12:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson21 hr
Apr 26, 1:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan11 hr
Apr 26, 1:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock3 days
Apr 26, 5:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXKenosha5 days
Apr 26, 5:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSauk27 hr
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more5 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.