Rock River about ready to push past banks again
After a weekend of intermittent and occasionally torrential rains, the Rock River is getting ready to overflow its banks—again.
The Janesville area received 2.27 inches of rain Sunday as part of a storm system that saturated much of the state.
The rain caused minor flooding and road closings, and the National Weather Service at Sullivan said the Rock and Sugar rivers and Turtle Creek would continue to rise.
Between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday, the Rock River at Afton rose from 8 feet to 8.81 feet. Flood stage is 9 feet.
The weather service predicts the river will rise above flood stage today and will peak near 10.2 feet on Saturday morning.
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Apr 28, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.
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Apr 28, 2009 at 12:55 p.m.
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Ya gotta get a lot higher than 9 feet at Afton to get carp on Main Street in Janesville.
Apr 28, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.
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Oh, no! Will this mean another bank bail out?
Apr 28, 2009 at 11:27 a.m.
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If ya got a wood chipper,they are gooood for the garden!
Apr 28, 2009 at 11:07 a.m.
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Great! More carp fishin' on Main street.
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