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River Flood Warning 96, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 3, 2019Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 4, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 21, 2019, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Jefferson (JFFW3).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05426031, 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, 3:25 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 35 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
Oct 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		12 hr
Oct 3, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	21 days
Oct 3, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	44 hr
Oct 3, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Sauk	18 hr
Oct 3, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson	13 hr

Nearby

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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.