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River Flood Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 18, 2024Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2024, 11:29 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 20, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2024, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 12, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 22 days
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Wabasha - Pool 4 (WABM5).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 17, 5:25 PM CDT, 18 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT, 18 hours 4 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
Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	75 min
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo	14 hr
Jun 18, 6:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Jackson	5 hr
Jun 18, 1:47 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Mower	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.