Richland County Emergency Management

Highway 60 & 61 Pictures

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WIS Highway 60 is closed in both directions between Muscoda and Gotham because of flooding. The detour for eastbound traffic is: north on WIS 80 to US 14, south on US 14 back to WIS 60. Reverse those directions for westbound traffic.

Damage due to recent flooding.

Rounds of Heavy Rain Through Tuesday Night

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20130624weatherMapSeveral rounds of showers and thunderstorms will impact the region through Tuesday night. These repeated rounds of rainfall will only make flooding concerns worse – and some of the flooding could be significant. Some of the thunderstorms may also produce large hail and damaging winds, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. The pattern looks to finally change Wednesday into Thursday with drier weather expected.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=arx

6/23/13 Flash Flood Watch in Southwestern Wisconsin

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flood20130623Locations: Adams; Buffalo; Crawford; Grant; Adams; Buffalo; Crawford; Grant; Jackson; Juneau; La Crosse; Monroe; Richland; Trempealeau; Vernon

Threat for additional heavy rain continues.

A persistent weather pattern that favors redevelop of thunderstorms each day, and locally Heavy Rain. Will generate yet another round of storms this afternoon and tonight. Given the abundant rainfall over the past few days and widespread damage in some areas, this additional rain could produce new flooding very quickly.

This could be a dangerous situation for areas already dealing with too much water and flooding.

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6/23/13 Flood Warning in Southwestern Wisconsin

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floodSymbolFlood Warning remains in effect for Richland, Vernon, northern Grant and Crawford counties until 1:00 pm CDT. At 9:27 am CDT, local law enforcement officials reported flooding and mudslides have damaged several roads across the area. Extensive flooding continues in the Boscobel area where several homes are flooded. Flooding is occurring along area rivers.

Locations impacted include: Lancaster, Prairie du Chien, Richland Center, Viroqua, Boscobel, Coon Valley, Fennimore, Muscoda, Stoddard and Westby.

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=9d1660653b84c346&hl=en&gl=US&source=web

 

https://em.co.richland.wi.us/