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River Flood Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 21, 2024Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2024, 11:24 AM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 21, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2024, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 25, 2024, 11:03 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Mower County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Turtle Creek near Austin (TRCM5).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05456500, 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 Jun 21, 6:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:39 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1039 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     Rain             1 W Mantorville         44.07N 92.79W
06/21/2024  M2.15 Inch       Dodge              MN   Cocorahs

            Cocorahs station MN-DD-31 1 W Mantorville.

0630 AM     Rain             Elgin                   44.13N 92.26W
06/21/2024  M2.05 Inch       Wabasha            MN   Cocorahs

            Cocorahs station MN-WB-12 Elgin 0.4 WNW.

0930 AM     Rain             1 W Oronoco             44.17N 92.55W
06/21/2024  M1.97 Inch       Olmsted            MN   Mesonet

            Mesonet station ONOM5 1 W Oronoco.

0940 AM     Rain             Blair                   44.30N 91.23W
06/21/2024  M1.89 Inch       Trempealeau        WI   Mesonet

            Mesonet station TBLW3 Blair (IFLOWS).

0900 AM     Rain             3 SSE Mazeppa           44.23N 92.51W
06/21/2024  M1.85 Inch       Wabasha            MN   Cocorahs

            Cocorahs station MN-WB-28 Mazeppa 3.3 SSE.

1007 AM     Rain             4 ESE Douglas           44.08N 92.51W
06/21/2024  M1.65 Inch       Olmsted            MN   Public

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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
Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Jackson	3 days
Jun 20, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	13 hr
Jun 21, 3:34 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	21 days
Jun 21, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	62 hr
Jun 21, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	5 days
Jun 21, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	20 days
Jun 21, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	La Crosse, Trempealeau	71 hr
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Richland, Vernon	3 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Vernon	3 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford	5 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford	4 days
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Pepin	34 hr
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford, Grant	21 days
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Grant	34 hr
Jun 21, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford	28 min
Jun 21, 3:34 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Floyd	20 hr
Jun 21, 4:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Winneshiek	57 hr
Jun 21, 4:26 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Clayton	4 days
Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Clayton	4 days
Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Mower	3 days
Jun 21, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Mower	3 days
Jun 21, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Wabasha	11 hr
Jun 21, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	59 hr
Jun 21, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	64 hr
Jun 21, 2:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted	105 min
Jun 21, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	41 min

Nearby

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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.