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River Flood Watch 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Sep 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 83 min | |
| Sep 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Washington | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 34 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.