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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 24, 201913 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood watch at May 24, 2019, 4:18 AM CDT for 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2019, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2019, 2:54 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 24, 3:59 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:59 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 9:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 10:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette and 3 more	2 hr
May 24, 11:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	6 days
May 24, 11:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2019 Every flash flood watch 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.