Forecasters: Moderate flooding probable

Jefferson County Daily Union

...Simulations indicate a 99-percent probability of the Rock River in Jefferson rising past 11 feet.

...Proceeding further down the river and onto Lake Koshkonong at the Newville gauge, the meteorologist, said the likelihood of reaching 11.5 feet or major flood stage is at around 90 percent.

...At that level, water levels along Blackhawk Island Road can reach knee-deep or worse. Other area roadways such as Northshore and Lamp roads also likely would become partially submerged.

...The worst of the flooding in 2008 was in early June, when the state was inundated with several inches of rain on the weekend of June 7-8.

...An earlier warm-up melted the snow, causing the rivers to rise quicker than last year.

...In Jefferson, the Rock River crested June 18, 2008, at 15.64 feet, marking the highest level recorded by the National Weather Service office in Sullivan since 1979.

...At their peak on Sunday, June 22, 2008, water levels at Newville on Lake Koshkonong were recorded at 15.12 feet, just under three feet higher than the previous record of 12.23 feet on April 25, 1993.