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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
956 PM 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 AT ROCK SPRINGS AFFECTING SAUK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.
WIC111-091500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0011.260409T0256Z-260409T1800Z/
/RSPW3.1.ER.260408T2241Z.260409T0600Z.260409T1200Z.NO/
956 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BARABOO RIVER AT ROCK SPRINGS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, THE RIVER IS WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS AND
FLOODWATERS AFFECT A LOW SPOT ON HIGHWAY DD IN ROCK SPRINGS. FARM
FIELDS ARE FLOODED IN THE LOGANVILLE AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.1 FEET ON 03/17/2007.
- 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 7 PM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN
ROCK SPRINGS 18.5 13.5 18.63 9 PM 4/08 17.6 15.6 13.6 12.4
- 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 18.97 6 PM 4/08 1.89 19.00 1 AM 4/09
LAT...LON 4348 8998 4352 8991 4349 8987 4349 8982
4342 8982 4344 8992
PATTERSON
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