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River Flood Watch 39, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 26, 2009Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Nov 26, 2009, 8:06 PM CST for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Nov 27, 2009, 10:19 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2009, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2009, 10:19 PM CST
Expired
Nov 27, 2009, 9:16 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity
None

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 02:08 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.

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.

Nearby

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