Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
506 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024

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

  Sugar River At Brodhead affecting Rock, Winnebago and Green
  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 late tonight at 515 AM CDT.

&&

ILC201-WIC045-105-251015-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0035.240624T2331Z-240626T0800Z/
/BROW3.1.ER.240624T2331Z.240625T0600Z.240626T0200Z.NO/
506 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sugar River at Brodhead.

* WHEN...Until early Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 5.5 feet, Some roads are flooded about 6 miles
  downstream in Avon Township in Rock County. In the Avon Bottoms
  area of Rock County, flooding is occurring in Sugar River Park.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 4.5 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 4.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening to a crest of 5.3 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 5.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    5.3 feet on 03/20/1926.
  - 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 pm...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri
Brodhead         5.0   4.5   4.46 4 PM 6/24   5.1  4.0  3.1  2.4

-                    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
Brodhead          4.82 4 PM 6/23        -0.36       5.30 7 AM 6/25


&&

LAT...LON 4263 8944 4266 8937 4257 8932 4248 8919
      4241 8921 4249 8938


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