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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2024Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2024, 9:31 AM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2024, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2024, 6:37 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Lebanon-3 E-Hwy MM bridge (LEBW3).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05424157, 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 28, 3:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 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 27, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	27 min
May 28, 1:59 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia	18 hr
May 28, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	50 min
May 28, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac	51 min
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	44 min
May 28, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	4 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	4 hr
May 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	49 min
May 28, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	42 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee	3 hr
May 28, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Waukesha	33 min
May 28, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	43 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	3 hr
May 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	25 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Washington, Waukesha	106 min
May 28, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	116 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.