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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 3, 2019Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2019, 10:41 AM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2019, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2019, 10:41 AM CDT
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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 Baraboo River at Reedsburg (RBGW3).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 054041665, 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 Oct 3, 8:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 8:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 8:54 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX12 hr
Oct 3, 10:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXOzaukee44 hr
Oct 3, 4:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson18 days
Oct 3, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXSauk18 hr
Oct 3, 4:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXJefferson13 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.