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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 22, 2024Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2024, 10:52 PM CDT for Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2024, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2024, 3:44 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Baraboo River near Baraboo (BABW3). The gauge peaked at 18.34 ft at Jun 24, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 23.1 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05405000, 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 22, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
843 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 SE Janesville         42.63N 88.96W
06/22/2024                   Rock               WI   Public

            Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken;
            Power poles broken.

&&

NRF

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
844 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0814 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NE Avalon             42.65N 88.86W
06/22/2024                   Rock               WI   Public

            Report from mPING: 1-inch tree limbs broken;
            Shingles blown off.

&&

NRF

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
846 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Avalon                  42.63N 88.86W
06/22/2024                   Rock               WI   Public

            Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken;
            Power poles broken.

&&

NRF

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
847 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 W Avalon              42.63N 88.92W
06/22/2024                   Rock               WI   Public

            Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken;
            Power poles broken.

&&

NRF

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
858 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0823 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSW Janesville        42.65N 89.04W
06/22/2024                   Rock               WI   Public

            Videos of house and tree damage in
            Janesville on social media.

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NRF

Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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 22, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane	30 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green	13 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	37 min
Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	36 min
Jun 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock, Walworth	51 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	48 min
Jun 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson	31 min
Jun 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	42 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	33 min
Jun 22, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Green, Rock	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha	53 min
Jun 22, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	20 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		3 hr
Jun 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	43 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	39 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	60 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha	41 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	37 min
Jun 22, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Walworth	46 min
Jun 22, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	57 hr
Jun 22, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha	16 min
Jun 22, 9:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	6 hr
Jun 22, 11:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Dane	17 hr
Jun 23, 7:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	44 hr
Jun 23, 8:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	27 hr
Jun 23, 9:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Dane	7 hr
Jun 23, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	64 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.