Update on Flooding

Here's the Wednesday Night Update:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
839 PM CDT WED MAR 25 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.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0700 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 8.0 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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 WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.5 FEET BY
SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.3 FEET...FLOODWATERS AFFECT LOW LYING AREAS OF
RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTY IN JEFFERSON...INCLUDING THE
BURGER CORNER RESTAURANT AND RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN THE AREA OF THE
WASTEWATER PLANT. A STAGE OF 11.3 FEET IS ABOUT A 5 YEAR FLOOD.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ROCK RIVER AT FORT ATKINSON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0740 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 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
FRIDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.1 FEET...WATER TOUCHES HIGHWAY 106 EAST OF FORT
ATKINSON