Baraboo, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River near Baraboo.

* WHEN...From Sunday evening to Wednesday evening.

* 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 3:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow evening to a crest of 18.1 feet early Tuesday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early
Wednesday afternoon.
- 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  14.12 3 pm 4/04   16.0 17.6 18.0 14.8

-                    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         14.19 4 pm 4/04         2.64       18.10 1 pm 4/07


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

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River at Rock Springs.

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

* 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 4:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 15.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 13.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow morning to a crest of 20.9 feet Monday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 18.5 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
21.0 feet on 05/25/2004.
- 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
Rock Springs    18.5  13.5  15.32 4 pm 4/04   19.8 20.2 15.8 13.0

-                    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
Rock Springs    15.35 3 pm 4/04         1.76       20.90 7 am 4/06


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Baraboo River at Reedsburg.

* WHEN...From this evening to Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, There is widespread inundation of lowland
in the Reedsburg area. Floodwaters affect West Second Street,
Granite Avenue and South Webb Avenue along the river. Water
affects the concrete deck of the South Webb Avenue bridge.
Floodwaters are into Webb Park and Smith Conservancy. The Public
Works Yard is under 2 to 2.5 feet of water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 16.5 feet early Monday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday
morning.
- 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  12.90 3 pm 4/04   16.3 15.1 11.2 9.1

-                    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       12.93 4 pm 4/04         1.76       16.50 1 am 4/06


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