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River Flood Watch 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 17, 2016Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Mar 17, 2016, 10:13 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2016, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2016, 10:48 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Wabasha - Pool 4 (WABM5).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 17, 6:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 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
Mar 16, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	48 min
Mar 16, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	39 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2016 River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2016 Every river flood watch 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.