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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1003 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 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 this evening at 1015 PM CDT.

&&

WIC055-060315-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0044.240705T1800Z-240711T1200Z/
/FATW3.1.ER.240705T1800Z.240706T1800Z.240711T0600Z.NO/
1003 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rock River at Fort Atkinson.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 16.1 feet, Floodwaters affect some park land and boat
  launches in the Fort Atkinson area. This level is the 20 percent
  chance flood meaning that there is a 20 percent chance in any
  given year of the river reaching this level.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 16.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this afternoon to a crest of 16.1 feet early tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.2 feet on 08/29/2007.
  - 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    Sat  Sun  Mon  Tue
Fort Atkinson   16.0  14.5  15.97 8 am 7/05   16.0 16.1 16.0 16.0

-                    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   15.97 7 am 7/05         0.09       16.10 1 pm 7/06


&&

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