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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1055 AM CST THU JAN 8 2026
.A BAND OF ONE INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL FROM SAUK COUNTY THROUGH
GREEN LAKE COUNTY EXPECTED. GIVEN THE INCREASED RAINFALL TOTALS,
PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND TEMPS, ALONG WITH WARM AIR TEMPS WILL RESULT
IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING FOR
LOW-LYING AREAS/ROADWAYS AS WELL AS RISES ON RIVERS FROM ICE JAMS.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARKESAN, BARABOO, SAUK CITY, OXFORD,
MONTELLO, PORTAGE, COLUMBUS, PRINCETON, LODI, NESHKORO,
REEDSBURG, BERLIN, PRAIRIE DU SAC, LAKE WISCONSIN, WESTFIELD, AND
ENDEAVOR
1055 AM CST THU JAN 8 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND/OR SNOW MELT AND/OR ICE JAM IS
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, COLUMBIA, GREEN LAKE, MARQUETTE AND SAUK.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE INCH OR MORE PAIRED WITH ICE JAM
POTENTIAL MAY RESULT IN PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
WAGNER
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