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River Flood Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 20, 2023Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2023, 11:09 AM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 21, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2023, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 21, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2023, 3:39 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellow River (WI) at Necedah (NCAW3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16.5 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05403000, 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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 20, 7:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 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
Apr 19, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo	31 hr
Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Juneau	14 hr
Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	35 hr
Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford	13 hr
Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Grant, Iowa, Richland	14 hr
Apr 20, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	93 min

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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.