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Rain, rain won't go away, and it's caused flooding and sewage dumping today.

A series of flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Southeastern Wisconsin, especially affecting the Crawfish, Fox. Rock, Root and Sheboygan Rivers, Oak Creek and the Root River Canal. 

The Fox River flooding in Kenosha is expecially worrisome, so much so that officials are asking for people to evacuate there.  The river is expected to crest over the weekend.

MMSD Dumping

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage says heavy rain is also forcing them to dump sewer water into area waterways.

The MMSD says they have to dump the "blended water" to keep basements from getting flooded.

"We will do everything possible to prevent water from getting into people's basements," said MMSD Executive Director Kevin Shafer.

"We are allowed to do six combined overflows. Now we average two a year. We average quite a bit less than what we are allowed by our permit."

How much water is that? Shafer says his group won't have an answer for a while.

"We don't know the exact overflow volume yet. We have to wait until the event is completed before we know. That is something that will take several days to compute."

But he does know the water in rivers won't be as safe.

"I wouldn't go out swimming in the rivers right now. It's raining It's cold. Hopefully people aren't out swimming in the waterways. It's something you're always concerned about with health risks. You always need to be cognizant of it." 

Details below:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...

  ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY
  FOX RIVER AT WAUKESHA AFFECTING WAUKESHA COUNTY
  FOX RIVER AT BURLINGTON AFFECTING RACINE COUNTY
  FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING KENOSHA COUNTY
  OAK CREEK AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE AFFECTING MILWAUKEE COUNTY
  ROCK RIVER AT JEFFERSON AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY
  ROCK RIVER AT FORT ATKINSON AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY
  ROCK RIVER AT NEWVILLE AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND ROCK COUNTIES
  ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN AFFECTING MILWAUKEE COUNTY
  ROOT RIVER CANAL AT RAYMOND AFFECTING RACINE COUNTY
  SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN AFFECTING SHEBOYGAN COUNTY

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE FOX RIVER AT BURLINGTON.
.. FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
.. AT 1215 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.53 FEET.
.. MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
.. FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 12.4 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY THURSDAY MORNING.
AT A STAGE OF 13.1 FEET...FLOODWATERS AFFECT STREETS IN BURLINGTON.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE OAK CREEK AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE
.. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
.. AT 12AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET
AT A STAGE OF 8.0 FEET...THE MAIN EFFECTS OF FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL ARE TO
LOWLAND AND WOODED LAND.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROCK RIVER AT WATERTOWN.
.. FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
.. AT 1200 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS  5.45 FEET.
.. MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
.. FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 6.0 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
AT A STAGE OF 6.0 FEET...WATER NEARS SOME STREETS IN WATERTOWN.  THIS LEVEL IS
APPROXIMATELY A 25 YEAR FLOOD.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROCK RIVER AT JEFFERSON.
.. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
.. AT 1200 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.52 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
.. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.8 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN
  FALLING.
AT A STAGE OF 11.8 FEET...FLOODWATERS AFFECT HIGHWAY K BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND
FORT ATKINSON.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROCK RIVER AT FORT ATKINSON.
.. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
.. AT 1225 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS  6.54 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
.. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 8.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN
  BEGIN FALLING.
AT A STAGE OF 7.1 FEET...WATER TOUCHES HIGHWAY 106 EAST OF FORT ATKINSON.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER.
.. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
.. AT 1245 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.25 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
.. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.2 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN
  FALLING.
AT A STAGE OF 14.7 FEET...THERE ARE 1 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 50 NEAR
THE FOX RIVER.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROOT RIVER AT FRANKLIN.
.. UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
.. AT 1215 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS  8.03 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
AT A STAGE OF 8.3 FEET...A STAGE OF 8.3 FEET CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE ABOUT A 2
YEAR FLOOD.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROOT RIVER CANAL AT RAYMOND.
.. UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
.. AT 1215 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS  9.91 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
.. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.6 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
AT A STAGE OF 10.6 FEET...A STAGE OF 10.6 FEET CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE ABOUT A
50 YEAR FLOOD.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SHEBOYGAN RIVER AT SHEBOYGAN
.. FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
.. AT 0400 AM FRIDAY...THE STAGE WAS 6.86 FEET.
.. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
.. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
.. 7.8 FEET IS CONSIDERED TO BE ABOUT A 2 YEAR FLOOD.

Delivered by WeatherBank, Inc. FRI APR 11, 2008 02:26 AM EDT