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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 14, 2009Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2009, 6:02 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 8:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2009, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2009, 8:51 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2009, 1:13 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lake County, IL, Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 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 Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05545750, 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 May 14, 4:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 4:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:19 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 12:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		109 min
May 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	2 hr
May 13, 10:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth and 2 more	105 min
May 13, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	31 min
May 13, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		59 min
May 14, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	9 hr
May 14, 3:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.