Weekend snow not expected to make flooding worse

Janesville Gazette

...The river north of Rock County is beginning to level off, Borghoff said.

"We expect the same type of thing to happen in Newville the next couple days," he said.

Flood stage for Newville is 10 feet. The river will continue to rise to near 11.5 feet by Saturday night. After that, flooding will depend on future precipitation, Borghoff said.

"We are entering an active weather system every three or four days, so we think flooding will continue there for the next week or two and it will be prolonged," Borghoff said.

The Rock River at Indianford rose above its 15-foot flood stage Thursday and was at 15.07 feet this morning.

"The trend is for it to go above flood stage for the next day or two," Borghoff said.

...Snow this time of year is not unusual, Borghoff said.

"We average 2 or 3 inches of snow in April and the average last date of measurable snow is April 10. We have to get through the next month and a half before we're out of the woods," he said.