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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 12, 2019Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2019, 9:29 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 14, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2019, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2019, 9:40 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Green Lake County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River (North) at Princeton (PCNW3). The gauge peaked at 9.16 ft at Apr 13, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
7.5 ft
Minor stage
9.5 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 04073365, 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 Apr 12, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 8:06 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX20 hr
Apr 13, 2:50 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX37 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2019Every 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.