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Flood Watch 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 13, 202314 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flood watch at Aug 13, 2023, 2:09 PM CDT for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 14, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2023, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 14, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Aug 12, 2:33 PM CDT, 23 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:33 PM CDT, 23 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		50 hr
Aug 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	47 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.