Thursday River Update

Here's the Thursday Evening Update:


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
823 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WISCONSIN...
CRAWFISH RIVER AT MILFORD AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY
ROCK RIVER AT JEFFERSON AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY
ROCK RIVER AT FORT ATKINSON AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CRAWFISH RIVER AT MILFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0700 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 8.1 FEET BY
MONDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.1 FEET...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL
LAND AND LOWLAND. THERE IS WIDESPEAD FLOODING IN THE RIVERBEND
CAMPGROUND...ABOUT 5 MILES UPSTREAM. THIS LEVEL IS CONSIDERED TO
BE ABOUT A 5 YEAR FLOOD.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ROCK RIVER AT JEFFERSON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0715 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.0 FEET BY
TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.3 FEET...FLOODWATERS AFFECT LOW LYING AREAS OF
RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTY IN JEFFERSON...INCLUDING THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 26 AND COUNTY ROAD N AND ALONG RIVERVIEW
DRIVE IN THE AREA OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ROCK RIVER AT FORT ATKINSON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0705 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 7.0 FEET BY EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.1 FEET...WATER TOUCHES HIGHWAY 106 EAST OF FORT
ATKINSON



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-270800-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
419 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

LOW PRESSURE WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER TEXAS TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO
TRACK NORTHEAST FRIDAY. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW IS STILL
UNCERTAIN...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO AGREE THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM
ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING TO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL WRAP
AROUND AND GENERATE SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW COULD
SET UP ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JANESVILLE TO SHEBOYGAN.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO
RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MILWAUKEE METRO
AREA.

CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM
6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... TAPERING OFF
RAPIDLY TO AROUND 3 INCHES NEAR THE WISCONSIN DELLS. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW SETS
UP AND PERSISTS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 15 TO 25 MPH...
GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH. AS A RESULT...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.


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Ouch.