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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 14, 2024Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2024, 3:29 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2024, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 5:09 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Crawfish River at Milford (MILW3).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05426000, 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 13, 10:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 10:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1025 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

WIZ057-140430-
Columbia WI-
1025 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT COLUMBIA COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM
CDT...

At 1025 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pardeeville, or near Portage, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Portage, Lake Wisconsin, Poynette, Pardeeville, Rio, Cambria,
Arlington, Wyocena, Otsego, Doylestown, and Interstate 90/94
Interchange.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 102 and 108.
 Interstate 39 between mile markers 85 and 96.
 Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 109 and 110, and between
mile markers 112 and 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4352 8900 4343 8901 4328 8933 4347 8960
      4356 8960 4357 8967 4357 8970 4364 8960
      4364 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 297DEG 14KT 4350 8938

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KUROSKI

Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1056 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

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

0828 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Kewaskum                43.52N 88.24W
07/13/2024                   Washington         WI   Public

            A portion of a soffit ripped off a home and
            a heavy grill moved.

&&

MG

Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1122 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

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

1100 PM     Flash Flood      Portage                 43.55N 89.47W
07/13/2024                   Columbia           WI   Law Enforcement

            Portions of highway 51 in the Portage area
            is not passable due to flooding. Other
            severe street flooding ongoing in Portage.

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 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 13, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	54 min
Jul 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane, Iowa, Sauk	53 min
Jul 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	46 min
Jul 13, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Rock	64 min
Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane	3 hr
Jul 13, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	57 min
Jul 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	63 min
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jul 13, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		118 min
Jul 13, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, Waukesha	65 min
Jul 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Iowa, Sauk	3 hr
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green, Rock, Walworth	35 min
Jul 13, 9:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock	3 hr
Jul 13, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green	23 min
Jul 13, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jul 13, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	87 min
Jul 13, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	65 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	64 min
Jul 13, 11:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Green	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	53 min
Jul 14, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	40 min
Jul 14, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane, Iowa	44 min
Jul 14, 5:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette, Sauk	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Lafayette	45 min
Jul 14, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson	42 min
Jul 14, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson	46 min
Jul 14, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green, Rock	52 min
Jul 14, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Walworth, Waukesha	52 min
Jul 14, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Walworth	25 min
Jul 14, 6:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	27 min
Jul 14, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		85 min
Jul 14, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	68 min
Jul 14, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		89 min
Jul 14, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	27 min
Jul 14, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Jefferson	38 hr
Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	26 min

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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.