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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 16, 2024Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2024, 3:56 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 16, 2024, 10:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2024, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2024, 10:48 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 19, 2024, 5:59 AM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lake County, IL, Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3). The gauge peaked at 11.56 ft at Jul 17, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05545750, 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 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:11 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:12 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:14 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDT, 38 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 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	28 min
Jul 15, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green	3 hr
Jul 15, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Lafayette, Rock	58 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	25 min
Jul 15, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock	3 hr
Jul 15, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	21 min
Jul 15, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	65 min
Jul 15, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		91 min
Jul 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	35 min
Jul 15, 8:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	55 min
Jul 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jul 15, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Kenosha	3 hr
Jul 15, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Waukesha	3 hr
Jul 15, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		38 min
Jul 15, 10:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	21 days
Jul 15, 10:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	6 days
Jul 15, 10:15 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Kenosha	18 hr
Jul 15, 10:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green	17 hr
Jul 16, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock, Walworth	68 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock, Walworth	93 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.