Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Latest

It's safe to assume all area lakes, streams and rivers are now slow no wake and are likely to remain so for some time.

Launches at Kessus, lower genessee and middle genessee are closed.

The dam at the Phantom lakes is failing.

Westbound I-94 is closed between johnson creek and lake mills, because the Rock River is so high. (Its predicted to be at an all time high at Jefferson)

and of course, it just gets better:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI450 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008...

HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL PULL A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSINTHURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACTWITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO LIKELY BRING THUNDERSTORMSTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLYHEAVY RAINFALL.ANY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILLAGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. OFPARTICULAR CONCERN ARE LOCATIONS NEAR FLOODED RIVERS ANDSTREAMS...AS WELL AS NEAR FLOODED URBAN AREAS. ANY ADDITIONALHEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE ONCE AGAIN.ALL INTERESTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MOREFLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALREADY AFFECTED BY THE LAST ROUNDOF HEAVY RAINFALL.


Be Careful if you are heading out.

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