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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
404 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...WISCONSIN...
ROCK RIVER AT AFTON AFFECTING WINNEBAGO 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 415 AM CDT.
ILC201-WIC105-060915-
/O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-260508T1200Z/
/AFTW3.2.ER.260416T1717Z.260418T0645Z.260508T0600Z.NO/
404 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER AT AFTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS AFFECT PROPERTY OF A HOME ON
SOUTH CHRISTIAN ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER IN THE AFTON
AREA. THERE IS MINOR EROSIONAL FLOOD DAMAGE TO LOWLAND AND
AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE AFTON AND JANESVILLE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:00 PM CDT TUESDAY WAS 9.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.0 FEET
TUESDAY, MAY 12.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.3 FEET ON 05/02/1921.
- 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 WED THU FRI SAT
AFTON 9.0 8.0 9.31 3 PM 5/05 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.6
- 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
AFTON 10.41 2 PM 4/29 -0.15 9.30 7 AM 5/06
LAT...LON 4274 8910 4274 8903 4265 8899 4248 8902
4248 8910 4261 8909
QUIGLEY
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