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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 15, 2019Houston County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this areal flood warning at Mar 15, 2019, 6:08 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2019, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Houston County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 15, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 6:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 11:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	6 hr
Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	La Crosse	42 hr
Mar 14, 7:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Fillmore	38 hr
Mar 14, 9:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	41 hr
Mar 14, 9:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	42 hr
Mar 15, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	48 hr
Mar 15, 3:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	27 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2019 Every areal flood warning in 2019

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.