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WGUS43 KMKX 151409
FLWMKX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
909 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

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

  Rock River Near Lake Koshkonong affecting Rock and Jefferson
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 915 PM CDT.

&&

WIC055-105-160215-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0048.240715T1409Z-000000T0000Z/
/NVLW3.1.ER.240715T0140Z.240719T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
909 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rock River near Lake Koshkonong.

* WHEN...From this morning until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 10.5 feet, Floodwaters reach Oxbow Bend Road in the
  area of the gage on the east side of the lake.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 9.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening and continue rising to a crest of 10.3 feet
    early Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    10.5 feet on 08/30/2007.
  - 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 am...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri
Lake Koshkonong 10.0  9.0   9.93  8 am 7/15   10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3

-                    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
Lake Koshkonong 10.1  11 am 7/08        0.06       10.30 7 am 7/19


&&

LAT...LON 4293 8897 4283 8883 4282 8891 4278 8899
      4288 8911 4291 8904


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