Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Watches in 2018
River Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Feb 17, 2018, 9:41 PM CST for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 19, 2018, 3:36 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2018, 9:41 PM CST (03:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2018, 3:36 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2018, 10:48 PM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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 Sugar River at Brodhead (BROW3). The gauge peaked at 9.74 ft at Feb 22, 2018, 4:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 4.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05436500, 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 Feb 17, 9:36 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 9:36 PM CST, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 6:02 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 602 PM CST Sat Feb 17 2018 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-190015- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 602 PM CST Sat Feb 17 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight Fog is expected late tonight into Sunday morning with visibilites 1/2 mile or less, especially south of I 94. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Saturday An active weather pattern is expected beginning later Sunday night and persisting into Tuesday night. Freezing rain is looking more likely Monday morning north of Portage, and again Monday night into Tuesday night across a large part of south central and parts of southeast Wisconsin. This will impact travel during these periods. There is increasing concern for some heavy rain across far southeast Wisconsin as well Monday into Tuesday night. The rain, combined with the melting snowpack and frozen ground, will cause some rivers and streams to rise. Localized flooding is also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ643>646-190015- 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- 602 PM CST Sat Feb 17 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Saturday A Gale warning is in effect for Sunday afternoon and evening north of Port washington, with a Small craft advisory to the south, due to strong south winds. Hentz www.weather.gov/mkx
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:05 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:45 PM CST | Flood Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 53 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:45 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Washington | 15 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2018Every river flood watch 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.