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River Flood Warning 115, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 8, 2019Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Oct 8, 2019, 8:11 PM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 9, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2019, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2019, 5:11 AM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Allamakee County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at McGregor (MCGI4).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05389500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2019River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.