Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
627 AM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

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

  Baraboo River Near Baraboo affecting Sauk and Columbia 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 630 PM CDT.

&&

WIC021-111-042330-
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/BABW3.1.ER.240704T2300Z.000000T0000Z.240707T1200Z.NO/
627 AM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River near Baraboo.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, The effects of flooding at this level are
  confined mainly to agricultural land.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 14.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening to a crest of 16.5 feet tomorrow morning. It
    will then fall below flood stage Sunday morning.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.6 feet on 03/18/2007.
  - 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    Fri  Sat  Sun  Mon
Baraboo         16.0  14.0  14.00 5 am 7/04   16.5 16.1 16.0 13.9

-                    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
Baraboo         14.39 11 am 7/03        0.26       16.50 7 am 7/05


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