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By GAZETTE STAFF Sunday, March 8, 2009 - 12:43 p.m.

The National Weather issued a flash flood watch for southern Wisconsin on Sunday. Heavy rain forecast may switch to snow late Sunday afternoon or evening.

There is a chance for thunderstorms, especially in the southeast.

“The additional rainfall today will cause some rivers across southern Wisconsin to exceed bankfull and flood stage during this period,” the National Weather Service warns.

Turtle Creek at Carvers Rock Road near Clinton reached 6.44 feet Sunday afternoon, nearly half a foot over bankfull, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site.

A flood warning issued earlier continues for the Sugar River at Brodhead. The Sugar River measured 3.3 feet this morning. Flood stage is 5 feet. The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by Monday at midnight and to 6.5 feet sometime Tuesday.

The Rock County forecast for Sunday calls for rain changing to rain, snow or sleet after 4 p.m. and before 10 pm. with thunder possible.

The Rock River gauge at Afton peaked at about 7.7 feet Sunday. Flood stage is 9 feet.

Another low pressure center will pass through Wisconsin on Tuesday, aggravating any flooding that may be taking place, the weather service said.

janesvillean
Mar 8, 2009 at 7:28 p.m.
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Milton, bankfull and bank-full are equivalent. It does appear that the NWS prefers no hyphen, though.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?wor...

chainsawchuckie
Mar 8, 2009 at 7:19 p.m.
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wonders where all the white went when the snow melted. good thing all this rain wasn't snow. we would be digging tunnels......

STAY SAFE!!

JohnDoe
Mar 8, 2009 at 6:31 p.m.
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Too bad "bankfull" isn't applicable to our current financial crises.

MiltonRedmen
Mar 8, 2009 at 4:07 p.m.
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Bankfull, no hyphen. Occurs roughly every 1.5 years in most streams, so it's not all that uncommon.

Goodboy
Mar 8, 2009 at 3:41 p.m.
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I'm thankful we're not at bankfull.

janesvillean
Mar 8, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.
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It's actually BANK-FULL. The NWS advisories are updated frequently and do tend to have typos.

rooster
Mar 8, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.
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i couldn't find the word BANKFUL in the online dictionary, DICTIONARY.COM. probably not as hip as the gazette!

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