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River Flood Watch 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 23, 2011Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Mar 23, 2011, 10:43 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 26, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2011, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 26, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2011, 9:27 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: None

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Jefferson (JFFW3).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05426031, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Mar 23, 3:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 10 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
Mar 23, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	6 hr
Mar 23, 4:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	7 days
Mar 23, 4:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	18 days
Mar 23, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green Lake, Waushara, Winnebago	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2011 Every river flood watch in 2011

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.