Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Watches in 2009
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
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.
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 5 days |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Racine | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green, Rock | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:13 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 8, 3:52 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 8, 4:05 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:05 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Iowa, Sauk, Sheboygan and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 40 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 3 days |
| Mar 8, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Milwaukee | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sheboygan | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 4:18 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Rock | 3 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.