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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
449 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN AFFECTING MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 500 PM CDT.
WIC079-042200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0004.260404T1048Z-260405T1318Z/
/FRKW3.1.ER.260404T1048Z.260404T1800Z.260405T0117Z.NO/
449 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, A LOW SPOT ON OAKWOOD ROAD IS FLOODED. SOME
YARDS ALONG THE RIVER FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 8.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.2 FEET ON 04/03/2024.
- 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 AM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME SUN MON TUE WED
FRANKLIN 8.0 7.0 7.91 4 AM 4/04 7.5 6.6 6.0 5.2
- 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
FRANKLIN 7.91 4 AM 4/04 0.63 8.26 1 PM 4/04
LAT...LON 4285 8786 4281 8792 4284 8799 4285 8803
4292 8803 4292 8797 4287 8796
MRC
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