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National Weather Service:
Flood Warning

Current Conditions

Updated: 9:45 AM CDT on July 19, 2008

Janesville: 72°
Overcast
Wind: 6 mph / 9 km/h from the ESE
Dew Point: 66 °F / 19 °C
Pressure: 29.95 in / 1014 hPa
Humidity: 83%
Visibility: 7.0 miles / 11.3 kilometers

5 Day Forecast for Janesville

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Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed

Chance of a Thunderstorm	Chance of a Thunderstorm	Chance of a Thunderstorm	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy

Forecast as of 10:21 am CDT on July 19, 2008

	Rest of Today Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms late in the morning...then slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
	Tonight Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds up to 5 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent.
	Sunday Partly sunny. Chance of thunderstorms in the morning... then slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 50 percent.
	Sunday Night Increasing clouds. A 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds up to 5 mph.
	Monday Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon.
	Monday Night Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
	Tuesday Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
	Tuesday Night Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
	Wednesday Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
	Wednesday Night Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
	Thursday Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
	Thursday Night Decreasing clouds. A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.
	Friday Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.

Astronomy

Sunrise:	05:35 AM (CDT)	Moon Rise:	09:24 PM (CDT)
Sunset:	08:28 PM (CDT)	Moon Set:	06:45 AM (CDT)

Moon Phase


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Flood Warning
Statement as of 9:45 am CDT on July 19, 2008

The Flood Warning continues for
the Rock River at Afton.
* Until Friday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 0815 am Saturday the stage was 10.8 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
Friday morning.
* At 10.5 feet... floodwaters affect Riverside Park and South River
Road in Janesville.

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 etc..and predicted
future 24 hour basin-average precipitation.

(Stages in ft.) Bank- latest forecast stages
- flood full observed ... for 7 am...
location stage stage stage/time sun Mon Tue Wed

Fort Atkinson 6.0 4.5 6.59 05 am 07/19 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.6
Newville 10.0 9.0 11.18 08 am 07/19 11.0 10.7 10.5 10.2
Afton 9.0 8.0 10.75 08 am 07/19 10.5 10.2 9.9 9.6

- 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

Afton 12.02 07 PM 07/12 -0.15 10.70 01 PM 07/19
Fort Atkinson 8.61 07 PM 07/17 -0.26 6.53 01 PM 07/19
Newville 11.57 10 am 07/17 -0.21 11.14 01 PM 07/19

... Below is predicted 24 hour precipitation information...

(aftw3) predicted 6-hour rainfall amounts
afton: 7 am-1 PM 0.12
afton: 1 PM-7 PM 0.03
afton: 7 PM-1 am 0.00
afton: 1 am-7 am 0.10

(fatw3) predicted 6-hour rainfall amounts
fort atkinson: 7 am-1 PM 0.12
fort atkinson: 1 PM-7 PM 0.04
fort atkinson: 7 PM-1 am 0.02
fort atkinson: 1 am-7 am 0.12

(nvlw3) predicted 6-hour rainfall amounts
newville: 7 am-1 PM 0.12
newville: 1 PM-7 PM 0.04
newville: 7 PM-1 am 0.02

945 am CDT Sat Jul 19 2008

The Flood Warning continues for
the Rock River at Newville.
* Until Thursday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 0800 am Saturday the stage was 11.2 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
Thursday morning.
* At 11.3 feet... there is Knee-Deep water over Blackhawk Road. Lamp
Road on west side of river also becomes Flooded. Lake Koshkonong
merges with Mud Lake to the east of Lake Koshkonong.

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