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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1034 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Illinois...Wisconsin...

  Rock River At Afton affecting Rock and Winnebago Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1045 PM CDT.

&&

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1034 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rock River at Afton.

* WHEN...Until Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Minor erosional flood damage occurs to
  lowland and agricultural land adjacent to the river in the Afton
  and Janesville areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 9.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 10:00 AM CDT Friday was 9.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    Sunday and continue falling to near 8.4 feet Friday, June 28.
  - Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    9.0 feet on 07/08/2014.
  - 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 1 pm...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Sat  Sun  Mon  Tue
Afton            9.0   8.0   9.04 10 AM 6/21  9.0  8.9  8.8  8.7

-                    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             9.47 3 PM 6/14       -0.20        9.00 7 AM 6/23


&&

LAT...LON 4274 8910 4274 8903 4265 8899 4247 8902
      4248 8910 4261 8909


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