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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

January 27, 2010Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jan 27, 2010, 9:06 PM CST for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2010, 9:06 PM CST (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2010, 10:03 AM CST
In force
61 hr
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 03:09 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:51 AM CSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningMKX12 hr
Jan 28, 5:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.