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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 12, 2019Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 9:13 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 4:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2019, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2019, 4:08 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2019, 3:57 AM CDT
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

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 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3). The gauge peaked at 13.34 ft at Mar 15, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT.

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 Mar 12, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 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
Mar 12, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	21 days
Mar 12, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green	11 days
Mar 12, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	7 days
Mar 13, 1:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	54 hr
Mar 13, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	4 days
Mar 13, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	3 days
Mar 13, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	62 hr
Mar 13, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	60 hr
Mar 13, 9:01 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 8 more	4 hr
Mar 13, 9:12 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		37 hr
Mar 13, 3:04 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MKX	Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth and 1 more	18 hr
Mar 13, 3:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	3 days
Mar 13, 3:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	45 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2019 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.