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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1004 PM 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 At Fort Atkinson affecting Jefferson County.

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 Tuesday morning at 1015 AM CDT.

&&

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1004 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rock River at Fort Atkinson.

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

* IMPACTS...At 16.5 feet, In the Fort Atkinson area, the following
  roads are closed: Sinnissippi Drive, Bark River Road from Kutz
  Road to Rock River Road, and Rock River Road from Highway 106 to
  the Fort Atkinson city limits. Water is in park land near the
  river in Fort Atkinson.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 15.7 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon and continue rising to a crest of
    16.5 feet Wednesday evening.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.4 feet on 03/18/2009.
  - 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 1 am...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat
Fort Atkinson   16.0  14.5  15.73 8 pm 7/15   16.2 16.5 16.5 16.4

-                    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
Fort Atkinson   15.94 12 am 7/09        0.04       16.50 7 am 7/19


&&

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WOOD