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River Flood Watch 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 1, 2014Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Jun 1, 2014, 9:49 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 6, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2014, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2014, 10:50 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Wabasha - Pool 4 (WABM5).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Jun 1, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:53 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
853 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

MNZ079-087-088-WIZ032-011430-
OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA-BUFFALO-
853 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OLMSTED...
EASTERN WABASHA...NORTHWESTERN WINONA AND BUFFALO COUNTIES...

AT 848 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM
JUST SOUTHEAST OF DURAND WISCONSIN TO NEAR ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...WINONA...MONDOVI...WABASHA...ALMA...GOODVIEW...ST.
CHARLES... PLAINVIEW...EYOTA...LEWISTON...ELGIN...BUFFALO
CITY...FOUNTAIN CITY...DOVER... STOCKTON...ROLLINGSTONE... ALTURA...
KELLOGG...MODENA...

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4427 9212 4460 9198 4459 9153 4425 9153
      4422 9156 4421 9160 4418 9160 4417 9161
      4416 9159 4395 9180 4389 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 247DEG 34KT 4459 9185 4397 9235

DAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Buffalo	37 min
Jun 1, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Trempealeau	40 min
Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 6 more	13 hr
Jun 1, 4:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Vernon	6 hr
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	61 hr
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	70 hr
Jun 1, 3:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Mitchell	6 hr
Jun 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Mower	31 min
Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	50 min

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.