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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Aug 12, 2025, 10:26 AM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2025, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2025, 9:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Milwaukee County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Milwaukee River at Milwaukee-Estabrook Park (MEEW3).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8 ft
- Major stage
- 9 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04087000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 58 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Waukesha | 119 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.