River Flood Watch 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Sep 3, 2018, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 5, 2018, 3:00 AM CDT

Expired

Sep 7, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

56 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Sugar River at Brodhead (BROW3). The gauge peaked at 6.60 ft at Sep 6, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT.

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.

773 
WGUS63 KMKX 040254
FFAMKX

Urgent-immediate Broadcast Requested
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
954 PM CDT Mon Sep 3 2018

...The National Weather Service in Sullivan has issued a Flood Watch 
for the following rivers in Wisconsin

  Rock River At Fort Atkinson affecting Jefferson County
  Sugar River At Brodhead affecting Green and Rock Counties


&& 

WIZ064-040853-
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/FATW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
954 PM CDT Mon Sep 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/sullivan has issued a
* Flood Watch for
  The Rock River At Fort Atkinson
* from Tuesday morning until further notice.
* At  8:00 PM Monday the stage was 15.5 feet.
* Minor flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Forecast...Flood stage may be reached by tomorrow late morning.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4300 8887 4293 8873 4287 8878 4283 8883
      4293 8897 4295 8892

$$

WIZ068>069-040853-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.A.0021.180905T0800Z-180907T1600Z/
/BROW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
954 PM CDT Mon Sep 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/sullivan has issued a
* Flood Watch for
  The Sugar River At Brodhead
* from late Tuesday night to Friday morning.
* At  8:15 PM Monday the stage was 4.4 feet.
* Minor flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 5.0 feet.
* Forecast...Flood stage may be reached by Wednesday morning.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4267 8950 4267 8933 4259 8930 4249 8922
      4249 8942 4261 8951

$$

&&

River forecasts are available for some but not all river gaging
locations. The 7 day river forecast takes into account past
precipitation, soil moisture conditions, and predicted
precipitation for the basin. Precipitation is for the next 24 hours 
in the future from April through September and for 48 hours in the 
future from October through March.
 
(stages in ft.)        Bank-      Latest         Forecast stages
-               Flood  full      observed        ...for 6 pm...
Location       stage  stage    stage/time       Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri
Fort Atkinson   16.0  14.5  15.54 08 PM 09/03  16.2 16.4 16.5 16.6
Brodhead         5.0   4.5   4.41 08 PM 09/03   4.7  5.6  5.4  4.3

-                   Highest      24 hour change
-                   observed     in river stage
-                   stage in      (ft.) up to      Highest stage
-                   the last    latest observed     forecast in
-                   7 days          stage           next 7 days
Brodhead         4.41  08 PM 09/03    1.42       5.70 01 AM 09/06
Fort Atkinson   15.54  08 PM 09/03    0.37      16.80 01 AM 09/09

Below is predicted precipitation information in 6 hour increments
for the listed sites. This information is updated twice daily-morning
and evening. Precipitation prediction is for 48 hours into the future
from October through March and for 24 hours into the future from
April through September.

Brodhead: 6 pm-midn  Mon Sep 03  0.17
Brodhead: midn-6 am  Tue Sep 04  0.06
Brodhead: 6 am-noon  Tue Sep 04  0.00
Brodhead: noon-6 pm  Tue Sep 04  0.03
Brodhead: 6 pm-midn  Tue Sep 04  0.00
Brodhead: midn-6 am  Wed Sep 05  0.06
Brodhead: 6 am-noon  Wed Sep 05  0.17
Brodhead: noon-6 pm  Wed Sep 05  0.09

Ft Atkinson: 6 pm-midn  Mon Sep 03  0.21
Ft Atkinson: midn-6 am  Tue Sep 04  0.07
Ft Atkinson: 6 am-noon  Tue Sep 04  0.00
Ft Atkinson: noon-6 pm  Tue Sep 04  0.02
Ft Atkinson: 6 pm-midn  Tue Sep 04  0.00
Ft Atkinson: midn-6 am  Wed Sep 05  0.04
Ft Atkinson: 6 am-noon  Wed Sep 05  0.16
Ft Atkinson: noon-6 pm  Wed Sep 05  0.09

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2018Every river flood watch in 2018

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.