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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 25, 2013Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 25, 2013, 10:30 AM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 27, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2013, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Racine County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River at Burlington (BRGW3).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 25, 10:16 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 10:16 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 6:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
605 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-261115-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
605 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST
OF A JANESVILLE...MADISON...PORTAGE...TO BERLIN LINE.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES.
MANY RIVERS IN FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ARE AT...OR FORECAST TO BE
AT BANKFULL OR FLOOD LEVELS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR
TONIGHT WHEN A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE AND ITS COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN. THE
THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY.

CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. REPORTS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ARE ALSO APPRECIATED.

LMZ643>646-261115-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
605 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR
TONIGHT WHEN A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE AND ITS COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS WISCONSIN AND LAKE
MICHIGAN.

CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.

A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS FLOWING OVER THE COLDER WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE AT
TIMES.

MG

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
832 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NW MUKWONAGO          42.91N 88.39W
06/25/2013  M1.47 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 8AM CDT

&&

RSCHAAR

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
834 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 AM     HEAVY RAIN       9 WNW BELOIT            42.57N 89.18W
06/25/2013  M0.75 INCH       ROCK               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 830AM CDT

&&

RSCHAAR

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
838 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

WIZ071-072-251430-
KENOSHA-RACINE-
838 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH WALWORTH INTO RACINE AND
KENOSHA COUNTIES...

AT 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 32 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN KENOSHA...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH BAY BY 910 AM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

DAVIS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
922 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 AM     HAIL             DELAVAN                 42.63N 88.63W
06/25/2013  E1.00 INCH       WALWORTH           WI   PUBLIC

&&

MEB

Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:00 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0959 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW MILTON             42.80N 88.98W
06/25/2013  M2.20 INCH       ROCK               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 10 AM CDT

&&

RSCHAAR

Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:19 AM CDT, 11 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
Jun 25, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	49 min
Jun 25, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	63 min
Jun 25, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		96 min
Jun 25, 6:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	7 days
Jun 25, 6:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	11 days
Jun 25, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		80 min
Jun 25, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	4 days
Jun 25, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	59 hr

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.