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River Flood Warning 27, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 17, 2019Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2019, 3:59 AM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 18, 2019, 10:47 AM CDT. It was in force for 86 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2019, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2019, 10:47 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 11, 2019, 10:57 PM CDT
In force: 86 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 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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 Mar 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 2:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
251 AM CDT Sun Mar 17 2019

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032>034-041>044-053>055-061-181100-
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-
Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-
Taylor-Clark-Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-
Adams-Vernon-Crawford-Richland-Grant-
251 AM CDT Sun Mar 17 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast
Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and southwest into central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Flooding will continue along Mississippi tributaries as runoff
continues from rain and snow melt from Tuesday night through
Thursday. Ice jams are also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

River flooding is expected to continue. For more detail on river
flooding, including river levels and forecasts, please visit
weather.gov/lacrosse.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Reports of flooding would be appreciated.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

Boyne

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 9:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	4 days
Mar 17, 10:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ARX	Dodge	27 hr

Nearby

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