Spring Flooding Outlook Updates

Much of the snow may have melted over the weekend, but rain in the forecast this week has many wondering if the spring flooding outlook has changed. According to the National Weather Service, the short term is looking better than it was a couple of weeks ago. That’s because snow was able to melt before any rainfall – but with multiple chances for rain this week, that leaves a lot of uncertainty. A senior hydrologist at the weather service says there’s an above normal risk for flooding across all of southern Wisconsin. We saw the wettest year on record in 2019 and the ground is still saturated from that. Officials say it’s not just rural areas that need to keep watch this spring, even low areas in urban communities could see flooding. Since the uncertainty remains high, emergency management directors say you should prepare now.