Reedsburg, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

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

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River near Baraboo.

* WHEN...Until early Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, If Wisconsin River at Portage up to 17
feet also, water impacts parking lots near Hwy 33 and water over
Tritz Rd near Hwy 33. There is widespread flooding of agricultural
land.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this afternoon to a crest of 16.7 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Tuesday
evening.
- 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 am...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu
Baraboo         16.0  14.0  15.25 4 am 4/19   16.5 16.6 15.6 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         16.86 1 pm 4/17        -1.15       16.70 1 am 4/21


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