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River Flood Warning 81, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 20, 2019Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2019, 3:10 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 20, 2019, 6:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2019, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2019, 6:48 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 22, 2019, 9:43 PM CDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River (WI) at Black River Falls (BRFW3). The gauge peaked at 50.29 ft at Jul 21, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 43 ft
Minor stage: 47 ft
Moderate stage: 51 ft
Major stage: 55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 053813595, 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 Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 3:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 1:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
157 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     TSTM WND GST     LONE ROCK               43.18N 90.20W
07/20/2019  M55 MPH          RICHLAND           WI   ASOS

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, Jul 20, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
159 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 PM     TSTM WND GST     KIELER                  42.58N 90.60W
07/20/2019  E50 MPH          GRANT              WI   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORTED IN JAMESTOWN AREA AS WELL

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SHEA

Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
200 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BUFFALO                 44.23N 91.86W
07/20/2019  M1.98 INCH       BUFFALO            WI   AMATEUR RADIO

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CA

Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:13 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
213 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1149 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHARLES CITY            43.07N 92.67W
07/20/2019                   FLOYD              IA   PUBLIC

            PHOTO OF TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. RELAYED VIA
            BROADCAST MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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CA

Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:52 PM CDT, 18 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
Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	53 min
Jul 19, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	90 min
Jul 19, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams	86 min
Jul 19, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Juneau	63 min
Jul 20, 7:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 5 more	7 hr
Jul 20, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	61 min
Jul 20, 8:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Buffalo	3 hr
Jul 20, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	47 min
Jul 20, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau	45 min
Jul 20, 9:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau	28 min
Jul 20, 9:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	40 min
Jul 20, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe	68 min
Jul 20, 9:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe	35 min
Jul 20, 9:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	31 min
Jul 20, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse	39 min
Jul 20, 9:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	26 min
Jul 20, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe	53 min
Jul 20, 11:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Buffalo	4 hr
Jul 20, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau, Vernon	80 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	33 min
Jul 20, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant, Richland	40 min
Jul 20, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge	26 min
Jul 20, 6:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted	9 hr
Jul 20, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge, Mower	37 min
Jul 20, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	64 min
Jul 20, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	56 min
Jul 20, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Winona	54 min
Jul 20, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	6 hr
Jul 20, 2:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Wabasha	60 hr
Jul 20, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	59 min
Jul 20, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Howard	54 min
Jul 20, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	63 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.