Oconomowoc, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Fox River Lower at Waukesha.

* WHEN...Until Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Frame Park floods. Yards of homes near
Bethesda Park flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 6.9 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 4:00 AM CDT Monday was 7.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Wednesday morning and continue falling to 4.7 feet
Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 6.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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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 7 am...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri
Waukesha        6.0   5.0   6.91  4 am 4/20   6.3  5.9  5.4  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
Waukesha        8.5   8 pm 4/17        -0.67       7.10  1 am 4/20


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