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River Flood Watch 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 21, 2024La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood watch at Jun 21, 2024, 3:34 AM CDT for La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 23, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2024, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 23, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 12, 2024, 3:34 AM CDT
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Houston County, MN, La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at La Crosse - Pool 8 (LACW3).

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

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05383500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jun 20, 10:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXJackson3 days
Jun 20, 9:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXBuffalo, Trempealeau13 hr
Jun 21, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXBuffalo, Trempealeau62 hr
Jun 21, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXBuffalo, Trempealeau5 days
Jun 21, 10:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau20 days
Jun 21, 11:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau71 hr
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXRichland, Vernon3 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXVernon3 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXCrawford5 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXCrawford4 days
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXPepin34 hr
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXCrawford, Grant21 days
Jun 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXGrant34 hr
Jun 21, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXCrawford28 min
Jun 21, 3:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXFloyd20 hr
Jun 21, 4:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXWinneshiek57 hr
Jun 21, 4:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXClayton4 days
Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXClayton4 days
Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXMower3 days
Jun 21, 3:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXMower3 days
Jun 21, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXWabasha11 hr
Jun 21, 11:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower4 days
Jun 21, 11:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower59 hr
Jun 21, 11:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMower64 hr
Jun 21, 2:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge, Mower, Olmsted105 min
Jun 21, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston41 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2024River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2024Every river flood watch 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.