Pewaukee, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Fox River Lower at Waukesha.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow morning.

* IMPACTS...At 6.0 feet, There is minor lowland flooding in the
Waukesha area.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 6.5 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 3:00 AM CDT Saturday was 7.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 6.5
feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage just
after midnight tonight.
- Flood stage is 6.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
6.5 feet on 07/27/2006.
- 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 am...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed
Waukesha        6.0   5.0   6.49  3 am 8/16   5.8  5.3  4.9  4.5

-                    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
Waukesha        8.58  6 pm 8/11        -0.48       6.60  1 am 8/16


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