URGENT -
IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD
WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1027 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...ONE MORE PERIOD OF RAIN
EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...
.AS THIS MORNINGS RAINFALL MOVES
OFF TO THE EAST AND CONTINUES TO
DIMINISH...
ONE MORE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MORE SCATTERED
AND NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS THE
RAINFALL OF THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE
ALSO EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING
THE EARLY EVENING...WITH ONLY
LIGHT RAINFALL...IF
ANY...EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT.
HENCE THE FLOOD
WATCH END TIME IS BEING TRIMMED
BACK TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...FROM ITS ORIGINAL
EXPIRATION TIME OF 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY
MORNING.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY STILL CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL
ONE
QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS INCH
OF PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON
AND
EVENING WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY
WORSEN THE AREAL AND RIVER
FLOODING.
THIS RECENT WET PATTERN IN
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND THE
ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD
FLOODING CONCERNS. SOILS ARE
SATURATED...AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS ARE EITHER RUNNING HIGH
OR
FLOODING ALREADY.
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN
AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FOND DU
LAC AND SHEBOYGAN. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...COLUMBIA...DANE...GREEN...GREEN
LAKE...
IOWA...LAFAYETTE...MARQUETTE...ROCK
AND SAUK. IN SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...DODGE...JEFFERSON...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE...
OZAUKEE...RACINE...WALWORTH...WASHINGTON
AND WAUKESHA.
* UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH TO
THREE QUARTERS INCH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE
EARLY
WEDNESDAY OF 1 TO 4 INCHES.
* MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON
MANY AREA RIVERS...INCLUDING THE
ROCK AND FOX RIVERS. WATER WILL
COLLECT IN LOW LYING AREAS THAT
ARE ALREADY SATURATED...LEADING
TO FLOOD CONDITIONS EVEN AWAY
FROM THE WATERWAYS. LOCALIZED
URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN
AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD
BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLOODING DEVELOP.
