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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 15, 2024Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin; Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 15, 2024, 8:57 AM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin; Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 15, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2024, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 15, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 20, 2024, 5:29 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Winnebago County, IL, Green County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sugar River at Brodhead (BROW3). The gauge peaked at 7.66 ft at Jul 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05436500, 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 15, 4:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 4:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 2:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXIowa, Lafayette4 hr
Jul 14, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane35 min
Jul 14, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette44 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane3 hr
Jul 14, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane43 min
Jul 14, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane3 hr
Jul 14, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen34 min
Jul 14, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen40 min
Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock47 min
Jul 14, 8:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane3 hr
Jul 14, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock45 min
Jul 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth34 min
Jul 14, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth41 min
Jul 14, 8:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXGreen, Rock, Walworth3 hr
Jul 14, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth41 min
Jul 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha33 min
Jul 14, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine, Walworth23 min
Jul 14, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX90 min
Jul 14, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRacine28 min
Jul 14, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha37 min
Jul 15, 9:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Rock21 days
Jul 15, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette38 min
Jul 15, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette41 min
Jul 15, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMKXLafayette79 min
Jul 15, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette32 min
Jul 15, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen52 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXLafayette3 hr
Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXGreen69 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.