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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 10, 2013Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Mar 10, 2013, 11:42 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 11, 2013, 12:37 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2013, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2013, 12:37 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: None

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 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 10, 10:47 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 10:47 AM CDT, 55 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 10, 4:02 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MKX	Marquette, Sauk	11 hr
Mar 10, 4:02 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette, Sauk	24 hr
Mar 10, 4:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	14 hr
Mar 10, 11:42 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Lafayette	5 hr
Mar 10, 11:42 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Sheboygan	5 hr
Mar 10, 11:42 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green, Rock	27 hr
Mar 10, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	48 hr
Mar 10, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	6 days
Mar 10, 4:04 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		11 hr
Mar 10, 6:14 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha and 9 more	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2013 River Flood Watches in Illinois, 2013 Every river flood watch 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.