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River Flood Warning 117, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 24, 2019Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Oct 24, 2019, 9:54 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 26, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2019, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 14, 2019, 8:54 AM CST
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 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 Wabasha - Pool 4 (WABM5).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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.