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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 23, 2010Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Sep 23, 2010, 8:06 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2010, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2010, 6:13 AM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Flood severity
Minor

County Marathon County, WI

The river

Written for the forecast point Big Rib River at Rib Falls (RIBW3).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
13.8 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05396000, 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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 23, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 3:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
346 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-242100-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
346 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OVER
WISCONSIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
VARIOUS FLOOD WATCHES...FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN
IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS OVER THE
STATE. THE PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

RIVERS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO THURSDAY'S
RAINFALL.

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY AS WELL AS ANY SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTS THIS EVENING.

LMZ521-522-541>543-242100-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
346 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY
CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATERS OF NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

ECKBERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
505 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GREEN BAY               44.51N 88.00W
09/23/2010  M1.65 INCH       BROWN              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EAST SIDE OF GREEN BAY NEAR MC AULIFFE PARK.

&&

ECKBERG
Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
508 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     FLOOD            6 S FLORENCE            45.84N 88.25W
09/23/2010                   FLORENCE           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME WATER COVERING SMALL PORTION OF COUNTY N

0435 PM     FLOOD            5 E NAVARINO            44.61N 88.38W
09/23/2010                   SHAWANO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RISING WATER FROM HERMAN CREEK HAS RISEN TO EDGE OF
            HIGHWAY 156 NEAR BRIARTON

0435 PM     FLOOD            9 SE WITTENBERG         44.72N 89.02W
09/23/2010                   SHAWANO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR TOWN OF FAIRBANKS. CREEK ABOUT 6 INCHES OVER ALFT
            ROAD LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF COUNTY J.

&&

GENEB
Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
513 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ELCHO                   45.43N 89.18W
09/23/2010  M2.68 INCH       LANGLADE           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ECKBERG
Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
542 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0542 PM     FLOOD            MERRILL                 45.18N 89.68W
09/23/2010                   LINCOLN            WI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            21 ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

ECKBERG
Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
543 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0542 PM     FLOOD            MERRILL                 45.18N 89.68W
09/23/2010                   LINCOLN            WI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            21 ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

ECKBERG
Local storm report, Sep 23, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
551 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HEAVY RAIN       THREE LAKES             45.79N 89.16W
09/23/2010  M2.24 INCH       ONEIDA             WI   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 9:51 PM CDTGale WarningGRB30 hr
Sep 23, 11:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood30 hr
Sep 24, 12:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBMarathon54 hr
Sep 24, 12:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon58 hr
Sep 24, 3:56 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGRBDoor23 hr
Sep 24, 5:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca49 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.