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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 14, 2014Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 8:03 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 10:47 PM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2014, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2014, 10:47 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2014, 6:27 AM CDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Yellow River (WI) at Babcock (BBCW3).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15.5 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05402000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

780 
WGUS43 KGRB 150103
FLWGRB

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
803 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN... 

  YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK AFFECTING WOOD COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THIS RIVER NEED TO PREPARE FOR FLOODING.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.

&&

WIC141-151603-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FL.W.0013.140415T0347Z-140416T1127Z/
/BBCW3.1.ER.140415T0347Z.140415T1200Z.140415T1727Z.UU/
803 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT  6:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RIVER SHOULD RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT AND RISE 
  TO NEAR 13.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* AT 14.0 FEET...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN WOODED LOWLAND 
  AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS.  

&&

LAT...LON 4441 9019 4441 9007 4425 9007 4425 9019


$$
1 follow-up statement
806 
WGUS83 KGRB 151415
FLSGRB

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY, WI 
915 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN UPPER 
WISCONSIN...

  YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK AFFECTING WOOD COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS IF ISSUED.

&&

WIC141-151445-
/O.CAN.KGRB.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T1127Z/
/BBCW3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
915 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK.
* AT 730 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET . 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING IS CONFINED TO WOODED LOWLAND
  AND MARSHES. 

&&

LAT...LON 4441 9019 4441 9007 4425 9007 4425 9019


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBOutagamie, Shawano, Waupaca8 days
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas44 hr
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette, Oconto44 hr
Apr 15, 3:53 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB48 hr

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.