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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Mar 27, 2020, 10:35 AM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 28, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2020, 10:35 AM CDT (15:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2020, 9:56 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Columbia County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wisconsin River at Portage (PORW3).
- Action stage
- 12.7 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 27, 9:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 9:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:08 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 27, 9:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 43 hr | |
| Mar 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Gale Watch | MKX | 13 hr |
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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.