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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 9, 2019Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2019, 9:58 AM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 9, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2019, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
Expired
May 10, 2019, 4:25 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Racine County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Root River Canal near Raymond (RAYW3). The gauge peaked at 8.95 ft at May 9, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 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 04087233, 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, 6:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXKenosha4 days
May 9, 12:30 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX7 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.