Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Advisories in 2018
River Flood Advisory 18, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood advisory at Sep 5, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2018, 10:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marathon County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 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 Wisconsin River below Wausau Dam (WUUW3).
- Action stage
- 1165 ft
- Minor stage
- 1167 ft
- Moderate stage
- 1170 ft
- Major stage
- 1174 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 advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Sep 5, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 648 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 Updated aviation portion for 12Z TAF issuance .SHORT TERM...Today...Tonight...and Thursday Issued at 330 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 Weather conditions will steadily calm down and dry out through the short-term forecast. The main weather impacts will be the lingering flooding potential over the next couple days, particularly along area rivers. Satellite imagery Radar trends this morning continue to show an area of moderate to occasionally heavy rain across much of the CWA. WV imagery shows additional colder cloud tops sliding across roughly northern portions of the CWA. A cold front was analyzed, via surface obs, stretching from the far western U.P., southwest to central and southern IA. As expected, the heaviest rainfall totals have been observed over the northwest half of the CWA with a general 2 to around 5 inches reported overnight. Today: The cold front will progress southeast through the CWA through this afternoon. This will lead to a steady decrease in precipitation coverage and intensity from northwest to southeast. Additionally, skies will begin to clear off from the northwest during the afternoon hours as dry high pressure begins to build into the Western Great Lakes region. The main concern will be elevated and rising river levels across the area, especially where the heaviest rainfall has occurred over the past 24 hours. Especially for the Yellow River in Wood County and the Wisconsin River in Marathon and Lincoln Counties. These rivers are expected to reach at least minor flood stage over the next 24 to 36 hours. At this point, will hang on to the Flash Flood Watch this morning, but it can probably be canceled a bit earlier than its current end time. Tonight through Thursday: Dry high pressure will remain in control of the weather across the Western Great Lakes Region, leading to partly cloudy skies across the area along with much lower humidity. In addition, temperatures will be cooler with lows tonight dropping into the low to mid 40s over the northwest half and upper 40s to low 50s southeast half. Highs on Thursday will be in the 60s to around 70. There could be some fog development late tonight across the north-central part of the CWA as winds become calm and skies become or remain clear. .LONG TERM...Thursday Night Through Tuesday Issued at 330 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 After a very wet period over the last week to ten days, tranquil and dry conditions are expected through much of the period. There is only a small chance of showers across the far north early next week, but confidence is low on that occurring. Did lower minimum temperatures at least a few to several degrees each night due to the dry Canadian high pressure system remaining over the region. The greatest changes to the minimum temperatures were across the north, and especially at our typical cold spots. Only minor changes were made to the maximum temperatures each day, to account for our typical warm spots during the day. && .AVIATION...for 12Z TAF Issuance Issued at 648 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 A cold front sliding through the area today, will allow for occasional MVFR/IFR conditions through the morning hours before drier air moves in this afternoon. As dry high pressure builds into the area, winds will decrease and skies will clear from the northwest this afternoon and remain clear through the rest of the TAF period at each site. There could be some fog development tonight, especially at RHI as winds become light. && .HYDROLOGY... Area rivers will continue to be elevated over the next few days as runoff from the recent heavy rainfall continues to work through the drainage basins. Rivers across mainly the northwest half of the CWA may reach or exceed flood stage through at least Friday morning. Little to no additional rainfall is expected after today, which should allow the rivers to recede over the weekend into early next week. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flash Flood Watch until 1 PM CDT this afternoon for WIZ005- 010>013-018>021-030-031-035-036. Beach Hazards Statement until 1 PM CDT this afternoon for WIZ022- 040-050. && SHORT TERM.....Cooley LONG TERM......Eckberg AVIATION.......Cooley HYDROLOGY......Cooley
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 8:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 5, 4:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 7:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
758 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM HEAVY RAIN CRANDON 45.56N 88.90W
09/05/2018 M3.25 INCH FOREST WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN NE WAUSAU 44.96N 89.63W
09/05/2018 M3.50 INCH MARATHON WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 W MERRILL 45.18N 89.84W
09/05/2018 M4.91 INCH LINCOLN WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN STRATFORD 44.79N 90.08W
09/05/2018 M4.10 INCH MARATHON WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN RHINELANDER 45.63N 89.41W
09/05/2018 M3.86 INCH ONEIDA WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL. WWTP SITE.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SUMMIT LAKE 45.38N 89.19W
09/05/2018 M3.07 INCH LANGLADE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW ARGONNE 45.68N 88.91W
09/05/2018 M5.17 INCH FOREST WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0755 AM HEAVY RAIN RHINELANDER 45.63N 89.41W
09/05/2018 E3.62 INCH ONEIDA WI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
0757 AM HEAVY RAIN SPREAD EAGLE 45.88N 88.13W
09/05/2018 M3.74 INCH FLORENCE WI PUBLIC
24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL.
&&
KLBLocal storm report, Sep 5, 9:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 10:03 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1003 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1001 AM HEAVY RAIN RHINELANDER 45.63N 89.41W
09/05/2018 M4.01 INCH ONEIDA WI BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL COURTESY OF WJFW-TV
&&
TIMKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 66 min |
| Sep 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest, Langlade | 59 min |
| Sep 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 10:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Florence, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | Florence, Marinette | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GRB | Wood | 34 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon | 70 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon | 71 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon | 18 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon | 24 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Wisconsin, 2018Every river flood advisory in 2018
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.