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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 22, 2024Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2024, 11:32 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2024, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2024, 4:03 PM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Earth Creek at Black Earth (BLEW3).

Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
7 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05406500, 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 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 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 48 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 46 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 45 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.

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NRF
Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane30 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen13 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dane3 hr
Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette37 min
Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson36 min
Jun 22, 7:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake3 hr
Jun 22, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock, Walworth51 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson48 min
Jun 22, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson31 min
Jun 22, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette42 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson3 hr
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock33 min
Jun 22, 7:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXGreen, Rock3 hr
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha53 min
Jun 22, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock20 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXRock3 hr
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX3 hr
Jun 22, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth43 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth39 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth60 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha41 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette37 min
Jun 22, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Walworth46 min
Jun 22, 8:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXFond du Lac57 hr
Jun 22, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha16 min
Jun 22, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMKXColumbia6 hr
Jun 22, 10:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk3 days
Jun 23, 7:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan44 hr
Jun 23, 8:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXColumbia27 hr
Jun 23, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXDane7 hr
Jun 23, 11:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock64 hr

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.