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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 6, 2010Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2010, 10:40 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 7, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2010, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2010, 1:51 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: Minor

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 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 6, 4:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 4:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
444 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-070945-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
444 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL FOCUS
SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WISCONSIN.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOST LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS
SHOULD ONLY SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE RISES...BUT SOME SMALL RIVERS
AND STREAMS WILL SEE FASTER RISES AND MAY EVEN EXCEED FLOOD STAGE
FOR A TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

LMZ643>646-070945-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
444 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY BE MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE CREATE WAVES ABOVE 4 FEET.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

BRUESKE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 6:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 8:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		67 min
Apr 5, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	42 min
Apr 5, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green	47 min
Apr 6, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	33 min
Apr 6, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		88 min
Apr 6, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		57 min
Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Racine	5 hr
Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green, Rock	23 hr
Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	23 hr
Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green	23 hr
Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	14 hr
Apr 6, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.