Alert archive / Wisconsin / River Flood Watches in 2024

River Flood Watch 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 1, 2024Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood watch at Jul 1, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2024, 10:25 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Lake Koshkonong (NVLW3).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05427235, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jul 1, 3:12 PM CDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:12 PM CDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Rock9 days
Jul 2, 10:56 AM CDTFlood WatchMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2024Every river flood watch 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.