Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Warnings in 2010

River Flood Warning 14, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 22, 2010Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2010, 12:27 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 22, 2010, 5:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2010, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2010, 5:25 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 2010, 12:04 PM CDT
In force: 9 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 17:29 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 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 Jun 22, 3:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 57 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, Jun 22, 12:00 PM CDT, 27 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>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:58 AM CDT, 29 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>

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:00 PM CDT, 27 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 Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	34 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane	46 min
Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	44 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	41 min
Jun 21, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green	38 min
Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	30 min
Jun 21, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson	40 min
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	18 min
Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Sauk	32 min
Jun 21, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 21, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	2 hr
Jun 21, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	42 min
Jun 21, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	49 min
Jun 21, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Waukesha	43 min
Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		100 min
Jun 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Racine	45 min
Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	42 min
Jun 21, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Racine	29 min
Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Milwaukee	102 min
Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha	32 min
Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Waukesha	88 min
Jun 21, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	30 min
Jun 21, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		33 min
Jun 22, 3:19 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	6 hr
Jun 22, 12:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Milwaukee	24 hr
Jun 22, 2:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 6 more	24 hr

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.