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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 12, 2019Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2019, 4:36 AM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 12, 2019, 11:43 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2019, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2019, 11:43 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2019, 6:13 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellow River (WI) at Babcock (BBCW3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15.5 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05402000, 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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 12, 3:39 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 3:39 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 11, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Brown	8 hr
Sep 11, 9:45 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRB	Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	45 hr
Sep 11, 11:48 PM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	GRB	Brown, Oconto	6 hr
Sep 12, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marathon, Outagamie and 6 more	25 hr
Sep 12, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln, Wood	44 min

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.