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River Flood Watch 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 22, 2022Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Mar 22, 2022, 10:09 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 23, 2022, 11:50 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2022, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2022, 11:50 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2022, 10:59 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jackson County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River (WI) at Black River Falls (BRFW3). The gauge peaked at 48.34 ft at Mar 24, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 43 ft
Minor stage: 47 ft
Moderate stage: 51 ft
Major stage: 55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 053813595, 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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Mar 22, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 8:39 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Taylor	16 hr
Mar 22, 10:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	La Crosse, Trempealeau	5 days
Mar 23, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Jackson	41 hr
Mar 23, 11:05 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Juneau	70 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.