One product issued by NWS for: Shorewood Hills WI
Hydrologic Outlook
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK WIC021-025-027-039-045-047-049-055-059-065-077-079-089-101-105- 111-117-127-131-133-190845- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BRING FLOODING POTENTIAL... A SLOW-MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS THIS WEEKEND AND CROSSING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BRING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WHILE THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS IN THE EXACT DETAILS IT APPEARS THAT A SURFACE FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM THE APPROACHING LOW WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE STATE... AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. WHILE MODEL AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE AREA CURRENTLY RANGE BETWEEN 1.5 INCHES AND 3 INCHES THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE REFLECTED IN PRECIPITATABLE WATER VALUES RUNNING BETWEEN 120 TO 160 PERCENT OF NORMAL MEANS THAT RAIN TOTALS COULD BE MUCH MORE THAN THE AREAL AVERAGE...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS THAT SEE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS REPEATEDLY MOVING THROUGH. AREA RIVERS THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY FALLEN TO...OR BELOW BANKFULL MAY RISE BACK UP INTO FLOOD. QUICK-RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD IF AFFECTED BY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. $$ REM