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WGUS83 KMKX 171536
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1036 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WISCONSIN...
  ROCK RIVER AT AFTON AFFECTING ROCK COUNTY


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WIC105-180336-
/O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130518T1200Z/
/AFTW3.2.ER.130408T1315Z.130419T0315Z.130518T0600Z.NO/
1036 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROCK RIVER AT AFTON.
* AT  8:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...MINOR FLOOD DAMAGE OCCURS IN LOWLAND AND
  AGRICULTURAL LAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.

$$

&&

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 ETC..AND PREDICTED
FUTURE 24 HOUR BASIN-AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.

(STAGES IN FT.)        BANK-      LATEST         FORECAST STAGES
-               FLOOD  FULL      OBSERVED        ...FOR 7 AM...
LOCATION       STAGE  STAGE    STAGE/TIME       SAT  SUN  MON  TUE
AFTON            9.0   8.0   9.08 09 AM 05/17   8.9  8.8  8.6  8.4

-                   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
AFTON            9.57  09 AM 05/11   -0.13       9.00 01 PM 05/17

...BELOW IS PREDICTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION INFORMATION...

(AFTW3) PREDICTED 6-HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.)
AFTON: 7 AM-1 PM   0.15
AFTON: 1 PM-7 PM   0.05
AFTON: 7 PM-1 AM   0.00
AFTON: 1 AM-7 AM   0.00