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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 18, 2019Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2019, 10:29 AM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 18, 2019, 4:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2019, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2019, 4:49 PM CDT
Expired: May 19, 2019, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River near Blanchardville (BCHW3).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05433000, 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 May 18, 9:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 9:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 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
May 17, 11:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Green	3 hr
May 18, 8:41 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		19 hr
May 18, 2:41 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	7 hr
May 18, 3:00 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		34 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.