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WGUS83 KMKX 051456
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
956 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WISCONSIN...
ROCK RIVER NEAR LAKE KOSHKONONG AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND ROCK
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 EVENING AT 1000 PM CDT.
WIC055-105-060300-
/O.EXT.KMKX.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-260506T1200Z/
/NVLW3.2.ER.260418T1425Z.260424T2045Z.260506T0600Z.NO/
956 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER NEAR LAKE KOSHKONONG.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS AFFECT HOMES AND BOAT DOCKS IN
THE BLACKHAWK ISLAND AREA OF LAKE KOSHKONONG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE LAKE. FLOODWATERS SPREAD OVER LOW SPOTS ON BLACKHAWK ISLAND
ROAD IN THE AREA WHERE THE ROCK RIVER ENTERS THE LAKE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 10.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.8 FEET
TUESDAY, MAY 12.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.1 FEET ON 03/30/2011.
- 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 WED THU FRI SAT
LAKE KOSHKONONG 10.0 9.0 10.07 8 AM 5/05 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4
- 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
LAKE KOSHKONONG 11.16 8 AM 4/28 -0.16 10.00 1 AM 5/06
LAT...LON 4293 8894 4287 8886 4283 8892 4281 8900
4285 8907 4290 8902
QUIGLEY
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