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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 29, 2025Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2025, 3:57 AM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2025, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2025, 5:34 AM CDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Marathon County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wisconsin River below Wausau Dam (WUUW3).

Action stage: 1165 ft
Minor stage: 1167 ft
Moderate stage: 1170 ft
Major stage: 1174 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 29, 1:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 9:57 PM CDT, 6 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Marinette, Oconto	30 min
Apr 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence, Forest, Marinette	43 min
Apr 28, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto	42 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln	52 min
Apr 28, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marathon	56 min
Apr 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marinette	23 min
Apr 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Florence, Forest	38 min
Apr 28, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	64 min
Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Menominee	33 min
Apr 28, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	41 min
Apr 28, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marinette	37 min
Apr 28, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Shawano, Wood	40 min
Apr 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Shawano	46 min
Apr 28, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano	39 min
Apr 28, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence, Forest, Marinette, Oconto	63 min
Apr 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		72 min
Apr 28, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Door	46 min
Apr 28, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		52 min
Apr 28, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		59 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.