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River Flood Watch 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

December 12, 2015Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Dec 12, 2015, 8:15 PM CST for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 17, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2015, 8:15 PM CST (02:15 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 15, 2015, 10:25 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: None

County Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 Necedah (NCAW3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16.5 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05403000, 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 Dec 12, 5:35 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:35 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 12:51 PM CST, 7 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1251 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ095-096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-
131200-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
1251 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING WITH
THE MAIN HAZARD BEING LIGHTNING. PLAN ON TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH
MONDAY IN THE 1.5 TO 2.5 INCH RANGE. AS A RESULT...MINOR FLOODING
COULD OCCUR THIS NEXT WEEK ON THE WISCONSIN AND BLACK RIVERS AND
ALSO ON THE YELLOW RIVER IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OTHERWISE...EXPECT
WITHIN BANK RISES ON THE REMAINDER OF THE RIVERWAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

MNZ079-086>088-094-WIZ017-029-032>034-131200-
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
1251 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. PLAN ON TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY IN THE 1.5 TO 2.5
INCH RANGE. AS A RESULT...MINOR FLOODING COULD OCCUR THIS NEXT
WEEK ALONG PORTIONS OF BLACK RIVER. OTHERWISE...EXPECT WITHIN
BANK RISES ON THE REMAINDER OF THE RIVERWAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

DAS/ROGERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 3:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	4 hr
Dec 13, 4:07 AM CST	Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 13, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	3 days
Dec 13, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Vernon	4 days
Dec 13, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	4 days
Dec 13, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	6 days
Dec 13, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	6 days
Dec 12, 8:15 PM CST	River Flood Watch	ARX	Floyd	38 hr
Dec 13, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ARX	Clayton	71 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.