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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 15, 2026Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2026, 7:29 AM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2026, 7:29 AM CDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2026, 12:01 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Manitowoc River at Manitowoc (MTWW3). The gauge peaked at 10.65 ft at Apr 14, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
11.5 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04085427, 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 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:10 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon45 min
Apr 14, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago27 min
Apr 14, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago41 min
Apr 14, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBCalumet, Winnebago92 min
Apr 14, 9:03 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGRBPortage, Wood7 hr
Apr 14, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBBrown3 hr
Apr 14, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBMarinette8 days
Apr 14, 9:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBMarinette48 hr
Apr 14, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara46 min
Apr 14, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca34 min
Apr 15, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie and 4 more11 hr
Apr 15, 2:58 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 13 more7 hr
Apr 15, 8:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBMarinette21 days
Apr 15, 12:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBMarinette21 days
Apr 15, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGRBMenominee21 hr
Apr 15, 2:19 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more20 hr
Apr 15, 2:30 PM CDTFlood WatchGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie and 4 more8 hr

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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.