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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1031 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024

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

  Pecatonica River At Martintown affecting Green County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 645 PM CDT.

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1031 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flooding is possible.

* WHERE...Pecatonica River at Martintown.

* WHEN...From Friday morning to early Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 13.5 feet, Floodwaters affect Martintown Road and
  West River Road in the Martintown area. Upstream in Browntown,
  floodwaters affect highway MM and West Indies Road.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 13.0 feet.
  - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached tomorrow morning.
  - Flood stage is 13.5 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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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    Fri  Sat  Sun  Mon
Martintown      13.5  9.5   13.01 9 am 7/18   13.6 13.4 12.5 11.2

-                    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
Martintown      13.01 9 am 7/18         0.66       13.60 1 am 7/20


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LAT...LON 4272 8992 4272 8984 4263 8980 4251 8970
      4251 8988 4260 8993

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