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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 9, 2019Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2019, 6:17 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at May 9, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 72 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2019, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2019, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
72 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 11:20 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 5:30 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX14 hr
May 9, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine18 hr
May 9, 12:30 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX7 hr

Nearby

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