Portage, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding is possible.

* WHERE...Baraboo River near Baraboo.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to early Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, If Wisconsin River at Portage up to 17
feet also, water approaches gravel of I-39 off ramp to Cascade Mt
Rd. There is widespread flooding of agricultural land.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 12.2 feet.
- Forecast...Flood stage may be reached early Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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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    Sat  Sun  Mon  Tue
Baraboo         16.0  14.0  12.15 9 pm 4/03   14.6 16.3 17.8 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
Baraboo         12.15 9 pm 4/03         2.84       17.80 1 am 4/07


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