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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1151 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT CDT.
WIC055-160500-
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/WATW3.3.ER.260415T1136Z.260416T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1151 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.5 FEET, FLOODWATERS AFFECT SOME STREETS IN
WATERTOWN. WATER IS IN RIVERSIDE PARK. ABOUT 6 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR
IXONIA, WAYSIDE PARK ALONG HIGHWAY 16 AND KANOW PARK IS FLOODED.
ROCK RIVER ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 16 IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 6.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 6.6
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.3 FEET ON 04/04/1959.
- 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 1 PM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN
WATERTOWN 5.5 4.0 5.85 11 AM 4/15 6.6 5.9 5.3 5.2
- 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
WATERTOWN 6.0 10 AM 4/15 1.74 6.60 1 PM 4/16
LAT...LON 4323 8873 4313 8857 4310 8861 4315 8870
4314 8873 4309 8874 4313 8884
PATTERSON
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