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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 8, 200911 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood watch at Mar 8, 2009, 3:51 AM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 8, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2009, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 8, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity
None

Counties Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Mar 7, 3:00 PM CST, 11 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:00 PM CST, 11 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 3:42 PM CST, 11 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
342 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081045-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
342 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

RAINFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM ONE QUARTER UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAINFALL...ALONG WITH RUNOFF
FROM THE RECENT SNOW MELT AND THE FROZEN GROUND...MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED LOWLAND FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCE WOULD BE ACROSS AREAS
NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER.

THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER IS EXPECTED TO REACH MINOR FLOOD
STAGE THIS EVENING.

THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR PARTICLE POLLUTION FOR MILWAUKEE...WAUKESHA AND
OZAUKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A MONROE...TO COLUMBUS...TO
SHEBOYGAN LINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. SEE THE WINTER
WEATHER MESSAGE PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EARLY SUNDAY WILL CAUSE SOME RIVERS ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO EXCEED BANKFULL AND FLOOD STAGE DURING THIS
PERIOD.

ANOTHER STRONG LOW WILL PASS NORTHEAST THROUGH WISCONSIN ON
TUESDAY...BRINGING MORE RAINFALL...AND AGGRAVATING ANY FLOODING THAT
IS ONGOING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE
APPRECIATED.

LMZ643>646-081045-
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-
342 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY...FOR BRISK NORTHEAST
WINDS AND HIGH WAVES.

WINDS AND WAVES MAY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:37 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMKXOzaukee5 days
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXIowa, Lafayette7 hr
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXGreen11 hr
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXRacine11 hr
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXGreen, Rock12 hr
Mar 7, 9:37 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more8 hr
Mar 7, 10:13 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX8 hr
Mar 8, 3:52 AM CDTGale WarningMKX20 hr
Mar 8, 4:05 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk and 1 more16 hr
Mar 8, 4:05 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Iowa, Sauk, Sheboygan and 1 more16 hr
Mar 8, 5:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXLafayette40 hr
Mar 8, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine3 days
Mar 8, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXMilwaukee25 hr
Mar 8, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXSheboygan13 hr
Mar 8, 9:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen7 days
Mar 8, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock5 days
Mar 8, 4:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXRock3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.