Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Watches in 2018
River Flood Watch 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Feb 28, 2018, 10:34 AM CST for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2018, 10:34 AM CST (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2018, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River near Blanchardville (BCHW3). The gauge peaked at 9.03 ft at Feb 27, 2018, 10:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05433000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.