Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Warnings in 2010

River Flood Warning 36, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 24, 2010Crawford County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 24, 2010, 6:04 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 25, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2010, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 25, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 26, 2010, 10:40 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: Minor

County Crawford County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 Kickapoo River at Gays Mills (GMIW3).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 24, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	6 hr
Jul 24, 7:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	7 hr
Jul 23, 11:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Fayette	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	5 hr
Jul 24, 2:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Fayette	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.