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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 22, 2024Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2024, 11:35 AM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 22, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2024, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2024, 8:47 AM CDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Baraboo River at Reedsburg (RBGW3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 054041665, 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 22, 10:45 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 10:45 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:27 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 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
May 21, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Green, Sauk	56 min
May 21, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	23 min
May 21, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	35 min
May 21, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	42 min
May 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk	47 min
May 21, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	64 min
May 21, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Green Lake, Marquette	73 min
May 21, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock	39 min
May 21, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	38 min
May 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	34 min
May 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane	32 min
May 21, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette and 1 more	56 min
May 21, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette	34 min
May 21, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	42 min
May 21, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	38 min
May 21, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Rock, Waukesha	71 min
May 21, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	34 min
May 21, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	46 min
May 21, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	28 min
May 21, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk	23 min
May 21, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	46 min
May 21, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	30 min
May 21, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	27 min
May 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Gale Warning	MKX		9 hr
May 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		22 hr
May 21, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
May 21, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	32 min
May 21, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	38 min
May 21, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green	47 min
May 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green	30 min
May 21, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	36 min
May 21, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	50 min
May 21, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	46 min
May 21, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock	50 min
May 21, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	19 min
May 21, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock	30 min
May 21, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock	42 min
May 21, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		118 min
May 21, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	42 min
May 21, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	43 min
May 22, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha	31 min
May 22, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	32 min
May 22, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa	35 min
May 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	29 min
May 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa	31 min

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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.