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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 27, 2019Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Oct 27, 2019, 4:08 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 27, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 27, 2019, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 27, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 30, 2019, 5:12 AM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lake County, IL, Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05545750, 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 21 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 21 hours 23 minutes before

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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.