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River Flood Watch 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 25, 2016Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Sep 25, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 27, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 Baraboo River at West Baraboo (BBOW3).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10.5 ft
Major stage
12.5 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Sep 25, 3:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 3:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
645 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-261145-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
645 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL END DURING THE EARLY EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN
MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE BARABOO RIVER IN THE ROCK SPRINGS AND
REEDSBURG AREAS...AND MINOR FLOODING AROUND BARABOO. THE RIVER
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THIS COMING WEEK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

LMZ643>646-261145-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
645 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT THIS MORNING NORTH OF PORT
WASHINGTON FOR BUILDING WAVES AND DEVELOPING WIND GUSTS TO 25
KNOTS. WINDS AND WAVES WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON TO WINTHROP HARBOR.

A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL REACH SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH
GALE WARNING LEVELS FOR A TIME ON MONDAY.

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS MAY ACCOMPANY SHOWERS OVER THE NEAR SHORE
WATERS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

MBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen23 min
Sep 25, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock47 min
Sep 25, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock36 min
Sep 25, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth33 min
Sep 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha34 min
Sep 25, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge25 min
Sep 25, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWaukesha52 min
Sep 25, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX83 min
Sep 25, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWashington46 min
Sep 25, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee34 min

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.