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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
425 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

...The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan WI has issued
a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Wisconsin...

  East Branch Pecatonica River Near Blanchardville affecting
  Lafayette County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at 430 AM CDT.

&&

WIC065-040930-
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/BCHW3.1.ER.240704T0600Z.240704T1200Z.240704T1424Z.NO/
425 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...East Branch Pecatonica River near Blanchardville.

* WHEN...From late tonight to late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Floodwaters cover a portion of Highway H
  and floodwaters are into McKellar Park in Blanchardville.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.8 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 11.2 feet tomorrow
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    11.2 feet on 04/14/2014.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

River forecasts are available for some but not all river gaging
locations. The 7 day river forecast takes into account past
precipitation, soil moisture conditions, and predicted
precipitation for the basin. Precipitation is for the next 24 hours
in the future from April through September and for 48 hours in the
future from October through March.

(Stages in ft.)       Bank-       Latest         Forecast stages
-               Flood full       observed        ...for 7 pm...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Thu  Fri  Sat  Sun
Blanchardville  11.0  9.0   9.79  3 pm 7/03   9.9  7.6  7.0  6.7

-                    Highest       24 hour change
-                    observed      in river stage
-                    stage in        (ft.) up to     Highest stage
-                    the last      latest observed    forecast in
-                     7 days            stage         next 7 days
Blanchardville  9.79  3 pm 7/03         3.85       11.20 7 am 7/04


&&

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