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River Flood Watch 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 13, 2017Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Jul 13, 2017, 4:05 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2017, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2017, 4:05 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Fort Atkinson (FATW3).

Action stage: 14.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05427085, 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 Jul 13, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Marquette	38 min
Jul 12, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Marquette	35 min
Jul 12, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	24 min
Jul 12, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green Lake	34 min
Jul 12, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	67 hr
Jul 12, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	53 hr
Jul 13, 4:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Waukesha	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2017 Every river flood watch in 2017

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.