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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
359 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Illinois...Wisconsin...

  Sugar River At Brodhead affecting Green, Rock and Winnebago
  Counties.

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 400 AM CDT.

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ILC201-WIC045-105-170900-
/O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-240720T1200Z/
/BROW3.2.ER.240715T1354Z.240717T1200Z.240719T1930Z.NO/
359 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Sugar River at Brodhead.

* WHEN...Until Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 8.8 feet, There is widespread agricultural land
  flooding in the Brodhead area. Downstream in the Avon Bottoms area
  of Rock County, there is flooding in Sugar River Park and Beloit
  Newark Rd. Floodwaters are over Highway T in Rock County.
  Structures at Sugar Shores Camping Resort may be threatened.
  Winslow Rd is threatened near the river between Durand and
  Shirland.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 7.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 4.5 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 3:00 PM CDT Tuesday was 7.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 8.6
    feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    early Friday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 5.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    8.7 feet on 04/04/1923.
  - 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 pm...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat
Brodhead        5.0   4.5   7.56  3 pm 7/16   8.4  6.7  5.1  3.8

-                    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
Brodhead        7.56  3 pm 7/16         1.76       8.60  7 am 7/17


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      4241 8921 4249 8938


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