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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 14, 2019Kenosha County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Nov 14, 2019, 3:19 AM CST for Kenosha County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2019, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
In force
47 days
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lake County, IL, Kenosha County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3). The gauge peaked at 10.40 ft at Dec 31, 2019, 11:00 AM CST.

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch 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 watch went out at Nov 13, 5:49 PM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 5:49 PM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 5:31 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2019River Flood Watches in Illinois, 2019Every river flood watch 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.