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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
453 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WISCONSIN...
CRAWFISH RIVER AT MILFORD AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 500 PM CDT.
WIC055-242200-
/O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-260427T1200Z/
/MILW3.1.ER.260417T1330Z.260420T1815Z.260427T0000Z.NO/
453 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CRAWFISH RIVER AT MILFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND AND LOWLAND. THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN
RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND, ABOUT 5 MILES UPSTREAM OF MILFORD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:00 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 7.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.5 FEET THURSDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
7.7 FEET ON 03/29/2009.
- 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 SAT SUN MON TUE
MILFORD 7.0 5.0 7.66 4 AM 4/24 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.5
- 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
MILFORD 8.22 1 PM 4/20 -0.22 7.60 1 PM 4/24
LAT...LON 4317 8892 4317 8882 4308 8882 4303 8882
4302 8882 4299 8882 4300 8886 4306 8889
HEEREN
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