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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 10, 2010Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 10:46 AM CST for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 11, 2010, 12:57 AM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2010, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2010, 12:57 AM CST
Expired
Mar 21, 2010, 3:05 PM CDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity
Moderate

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 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 9, 8:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXGreen, Rock4 days
Mar 10, 10:04 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more26 hr
Mar 10, 10:46 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock5 days
Mar 10, 10:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXRacine34 hr
Mar 10, 10:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchMKXGreen4 days
Mar 10, 3:49 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX20 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.