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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1005 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
BARABOO RIVER NEAR BARABOO AFFECTING COLUMBIA AND SAUK COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1015 PM CDT.
WIC021-111-090315-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0010.260408T1505Z-260410T0113Z/
/BABW3.1.ER.260408T0707Z.260409T0000Z.260409T1912Z.NO/
1005 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BARABOO RIVER NEAR BARABOO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 8:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 16.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.6
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.6 FEET ON 03/18/2007.
- 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 1 PM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN
BARABOO 16.0 14.0 16.18 8 AM 4/08 16.1 13.8 12.7 12.0
- 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
BARABOO 16.31 7 AM 4/08 0.86 16.60 1 AM 4/09
LAT...LON 4344 8963 4353 8968 4353 8955 4353 8946
4350 8942 4346 8945 4347 8953
DDV
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