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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 25, 2016Chickasaw County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this areal flood warning at Aug 25, 2016, 10:48 AM CDT for Chickasaw County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2016, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Chickasaw County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 24, 6:31 PM CDT, 16 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:31 PM CDT, 16 hours 17 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
Aug 25, 8:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Floyd	12 hr
Aug 25, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Fayette, Winneshiek	24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.