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River Flood Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 2, 2023La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2023, 10:59 AM CDT for La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 3, 2023, 4:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2023, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2023, 4:45 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2023, 10:05 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Black River (WI) at Galesville (GALW3). The gauge peaked at 13.43 ft at Apr 3, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05382000, 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 2, 6:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXJuneau4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.