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River Flood Watch 12, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 1, 2014Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Jun 1, 2014, 8:56 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2014, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2014, 10:36 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Winona - Pool 6 (WNAM5). The gauge peaked at 9.54 ft at May 31, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05378500, 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, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
411 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

IAZ008>011-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-021200-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-
DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-
411 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITH THE
STORMS IN THE MORNING AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE STORMS.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WABASHA
MINNESOTA...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL THAT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF RAINFALL AND ANY FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ029-030-WIZ061-021200-
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
411 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.
LOCALIZED FLOODING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
FROM THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LOCALIZED FLOODING...WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STORMS.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF RAINFALL AND ANY FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

AJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:56 PM CDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	4 days
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	58 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Buffalo	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2014 River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014 Every river flood watch in 2014

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.