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WGUS83 KMKX 070254
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
954 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 THURSDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.
ILC201-WIC105-071500-
/O.EXT.KMKX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-260507T1500Z/
/AFTW3.2.ER.260416T1717Z.260418T0645Z.260507T0900Z.NO/
954 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER AT AFTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW 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 9:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 9.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.6 FEET BY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- 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
AFTON 9.0 8.0 9.08 9 PM 5/06 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.2
- 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 10.35 9 PM 4/29 -0.14 9.04 1 AM 5/07
LAT...LON 4274 8910 4274 8903 4265 8899 4248 8902
4248 8910 4261 8909
SHEPPARD
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