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River Flood Warning 38, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 9, 2010Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Aug 9, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT for Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 9, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2010, 5:19 AM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kickapoo River at Viola (VIOW3).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 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 Aug 9, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXCrawford37 hr
Aug 8, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXCrawford, Grant, Richland7 hr
Aug 9, 12:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXCrawford, Grant, Richland4 hr
Aug 9, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon42 min
Aug 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek51 min

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.