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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 3, 2024Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2024, 4:25 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 4, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2024, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2024, 6:34 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River near Blanchardville (BCHW3). The gauge peaked at 10.25 ft at Jul 3, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05433000, 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 Jul 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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
Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:47 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Lafayette	12 hr
Jul 3, 4:47 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Sauk	30 hr
Jul 3, 4:47 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	4 days

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.