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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 5, 2024Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2024, 3:57 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 6, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2024, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2024, 3:57 PM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Jefferson (JFFW3). The gauge peaked at 10.06 ft at Jun 11, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05426031, 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 Jun 5, 10:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 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
Jun 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green	27 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	32 min
Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	48 min
Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	35 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		57 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	25 min
Jun 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine	28 min
Jun 4, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson	24 min
Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		93 min
Jun 5, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	50 min
Jun 5, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Racine	42 min
Jun 5, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		64 min
Jun 5, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	58 min
Jun 5, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	40 min
Jun 5, 2:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Waukesha	18 hr
Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	21 days
Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Kenosha	4 days
Jun 5, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson	21 days
Jun 5, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	3 days
Jun 5, 2:50 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		52 hr
Jun 5, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green Lake	27 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.