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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 14, 2010Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this areal flood warning at Aug 14, 2010, 3:21 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2010, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Aug 14, 2:50 AM CDT, 12 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:50 AM CDT, 12 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	54 min
Aug 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe	113 min
Aug 14, 3:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	24 hr
Aug 14, 3:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	23 hr
Aug 13, 7:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona	6 hr
Aug 13, 7:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	12 hr

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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.