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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2012, 5:19 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 9:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 10:20 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442 WGUS83 KMKX 151019 FLSMKX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 519 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 ILC097-WIC059-152219- /O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0002.120315T1019Z-000000T0000Z/ /NMSW3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.120314T2215Z.120314T2215Z.UU/ 519 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 * AT 5:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS ARE NEAR SOME HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY W IN THE SILVER LAKE AREA. $$ && RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING LOCATIONS. THE 7 DAY RIVER FORECAST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ETC..AND PREDICTED FUTURE 24 HOUR BASIN-AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. (STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST FORECAST STAGES - FLOOD FULL OBSERVED ...FOR 7 PM... LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME FRI SAT SUN MON NEW MUNSTER 10.0 9.0 10.00 05 PM 03/14 9.4 9.0 8.6 8.3 - HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE - OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE - STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO HIGHEST STAGE - THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN - 7 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS NEW MUNSTER 10.06 02 PM 03/14 0.00 9.70 07 AM 03/15 ...BELOW IS PREDICTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION INFORMATION FOR THE LISTED SITES... (NMSW3) 6-HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.) NEW MUNSTER: 7 PM-1 AM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 1 AM-7 AM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 7 AM-1 PM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 1 PM-7 PM 0.00
1 follow-up statement
602 WGUS83 KMKX 151417 FLSMKX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 917 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...WISCONSIN... FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING LAKE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES ILC097-WIC059-151447- /O.CAN.KMKX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120315T1417Z/ /NMSW3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.120314T2215Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 917 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER. * AT 9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9.6 FEET. THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 9.1 FEET BY . * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS ARE NEAR SOME HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY W IN THE SILVER LAKE AREA. $$ && RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING LOCATIONS. THE 7 DAY RIVER FORECAST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ETC..AND PREDICTED FUTURE 24 HOUR BASIN-AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. (STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST FORECAST STAGES - FLOOD FULL OBSERVED ...FOR 7 AM... LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME FRI SAT SUN MON NEW MUNSTER 10.0 9.0 9.59 09 AM 03/15 9.1 8.6 8.3 8.0 - HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE - OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE - STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO HIGHEST STAGE - THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN - 7 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS NEW MUNSTER 10.06 02 PM 03/14 M 9.50 01 PM 03/15 ...BELOW IS PREDICTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION INFORMATION... (NMSW3) 6-HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.) NEW MUNSTER: 7 AM-1 PM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 1 PM-7 PM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 7 PM-1 AM 0.00 NEW MUNSTER: 1 AM-7 AM 0.00
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine and 4 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
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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.