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River Flood Warning 103, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 20, 2019Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2019, 5:22 AM CDT for Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 20, 2019, 5:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2019, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 20, 2019, 5:30 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kickapoo River at La Farge (LAFW3). The gauge peaked at 12.06 ft at Sep 20, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05408000, 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 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 12:33 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2019Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.