Prairie du Sac, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River near Baraboo.

* WHEN...From late Sunday night to Wednesday afternoon.

* 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 Saturday the stage was 14.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Monday morning to a crest of 18.1 feet early Tuesday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Wednesday
morning.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
18.1 feet on 08/13/1980.
- 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    Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed
Baraboo         16.0  14.0  14.31 9 pm 4/04   15.6 17.5 17.9 13.8

-                    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         14.31 9 pm 4/04         2.11       18.10 1 pm 4/07


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River at Rock Springs.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to early Tuesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Floodwaters are about 2 feet deep in the
baseball diamond in Fireman's Park along Highway DD.  Water is
over portions of Highways DD, 154 and 136 in Rock Springs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 15.0 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 13.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 20.8 feet Monday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 18.5 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
20.7 feet on 09/10/2016.
- 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    Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed
Rock Springs    18.5  13.5  15.02 9 pm 4/04   19.3 20.4 16.1 12.8

-                    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
Rock Springs    15.35 3 pm 4/04         1.17       20.80 7 am 4/06


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River at Reedsburg.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Water covers the neighborhood west of
river near W Main St and S Albert Ave (Hwy23). Streets include W
2nd St, James St. etc. 1-2 feet of water on N Webb Ave near bank
and cinema. Water is close to the overhead doors at the Public
Works Building. South Park next to the Wastewater Plant is
underwater.  Water touches the lowest part of the concrete deck of
the Webb Avenue bridge. Floodwaters are into the swimming pool
control room in Webb Park. Floodwaters are 3 to 3.5 feet deep in
the Public Works Yard.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late tonight
to 16.6 feet early Monday morning. It will then fall below
flood stage early Tuesday morning to 8.6 feet early Thursday
afternoon. It will rise to 8.8 feet early Friday morning. It
will then fall again and remain below flood stage.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
16.9 feet on 09/24/2016.
- 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    Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed
Reedsburg       14.0  12.0  13.13 9 pm 4/04   16.3 15.1 10.7 8.6

-                    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
Reedsburg       13.13 9 pm 4/04         1.49       16.60 1 am 4/06


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