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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 21, 2013Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2013, 10:33 AM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 21, 2013, 6:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2013, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2013, 6:36 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2013, 4:28 PM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellow River (WI) at Babcock (BBCW3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15.5 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05402000, 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.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 21, 9:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
424 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-220930-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
424 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER THE AREA...WITH A
CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT WITH THE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THROUGH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...
THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BEYOND SATURDAY NIGHT...IT APPEARS
THAT THERE COULD BE A FEW MORE COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING AND
LOCATION OF THESE COMPLEXES AT THIS TIME.

THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE THE HEAT INDEX
TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. IF
OUTDOORS...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG
WINDS OR LARGE HAIL TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
REQUIRED AT TIMES SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

LMZ521-522-541>543-220930-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
424 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER THE AREA...WITH A
CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...
THERE IS A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BEYOND SATURDAY NIGHT...IT APPEARS
THAT THERE COULD BE A FEW MORE COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING AND
LOCATION OF THESE COMPLEXES AT THIS TIME.

MARINE FOG IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY ON LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE CENTRAL BAY OF
GREEN BAY. THE FOG WILL LIKELY BE DENSE AT TIMES...AND POSE A
SIGNIFICANT NAVIGATION HAZARD TO BOATERS.

TE/RE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:36 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:16 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Portage, Wood	42 min
Jun 21, 7:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Marathon, Shawano	43 min
Jun 21, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		60 min
Jun 21, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		52 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.