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River Flood Watch 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 11, 2014Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at May 11, 2014, 10:23 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2014, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2014, 6:06 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 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Winona - Pool 6 (WNAM5). The gauge peaked at 13.23 ft at May 14, 2014, 6:00 AM 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 May 11, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-121000-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
444 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS
TONIGHT WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE THREATS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY...WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SOME SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATER TODAY. RAINFALL REPORTS
ARE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR IS NOT SCHEDULED. HOWEVER...IF THE SEVERE THREAT
INCREASES...ONE COULD BE SCHEDULED FOR LATER TODAY.

WIZ017-029-121000-
TAYLOR-CLARK-
444 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A FEW COULD BE STRONG WITH SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ON MONDAY...WITH A FEW
STRONGER STORMS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	44 hr
May 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more	6 hr

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.