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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI

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

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 22, 2010, 8:40 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 23, 2010, 5:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2010, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 23, 2010, 5:51 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 8, 2010, 2:46 AM CDT
In force: 16 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 01:43 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
714 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

0709 PM     TORNADO          2 NW WIND LAKE          42.84N 88.18W
07/22/2010                   WAUKESHA           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED AT HWY 164 AND COUNTYLINE ROAD

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SEARS

Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:56 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:01 PM CDT, 39 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
Jul 22, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Waukesha	33 min
Jul 22, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	25 min
Jul 22, 7:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dodge, Washington	92 min
Jul 22, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	49 min
Jul 22, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	6 hr
Jul 22, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	14 hr
Jul 22, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Waukesha	11 hr
Jul 22, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Racine	11 hr
Jul 22, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Kenosha	11 hr
Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jul 22, 8:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	25 hr
Jul 22, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth	39 min
Jul 22, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	50 hr
Jul 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	5 hr
Jul 22, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	38 min
Jul 22, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	38 min
Jul 22, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	50 min
Jul 22, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		101 min
Jul 22, 10:08 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	48 hr
Jul 22, 10:08 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Rock	12 hr
Jul 22, 10:08 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson	12 hr
Jul 22, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	23 min
Jul 22, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Milwaukee, Waukesha	3 hr
Jul 23, 12:16 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson	117 days
Jul 23, 2:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	5 hr
Jul 23, 3:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	27 hr
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	35 hr
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	41 hr
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	12 days
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Waukesha	5 days
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	52 hr
Jul 23, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	48 hr
Jul 23, 5:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	41 hr
Jul 23, 6:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Iowa, Rock	4 hr
Jul 23, 7:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	4 hr
Jul 23, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	20 days
Jul 23, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	12 days
Jul 23, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	66 hr
Jul 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	19 hr
Jul 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	24 hr
Jul 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green	19 hr
Jul 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green, Rock	35 hr
Jul 23, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Rock	19 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.