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River Flood Warning 94, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 14, 2019Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2019, 8:09 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 15, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 14, 2019, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 15, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 17, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trempealeau River at Dodge (DDGW3). The gauge peaked at 10.63 ft at Sep 15, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05379500, 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 14, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 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
Sep 15, 1:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant	4 hr
Sep 15, 5:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	6 hr
Sep 15, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Juneau	3 days
Sep 15, 10:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	11 hr

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.