JANESVILLE — After a weekend of intermittent and occasionally torrential rains, the Rock River is getting ready to overflow its banks—again.
The Janesville area received 2.27 inches of rain Sunday as part of a storm system that saturated much of the state.
The rain caused minor flooding and road closings, and the National Weather Service at Sullivan said the Rock and Sugar rivers and Turtle Creek would continue to rise.
Between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday, the Rock River at Afton rose from 8 feet to 8.81 feet. Flood stage is 9 feet.
The weather service predicts the river will rise above flood stage today and will peak near 10.2 feet on Saturday morning.
At 10.4 feet, the river is considered at a 5-year flood stage.
The flood warning also continues for the Sugar River in Brodhead. At 3:15 p.m. Monday, the river was at 5 feet, its flood stage. The river will continue to rise to 6.4 feet and widespread flooding of lowland and agricultural land is expected.
Sugar River Park is also expected to flood.
Turtle Creek reached 7 feet on Monday. The weather service's top-of-bank stage for the creek is 6 feet.
Hal Mayer, Rock County highway superintendent, has closed two roads due to flooding.
Smith Road from Avon Store Road to County T is closed, as is Beloit Newark Road from County T to Avon Store Road. Both roads are in Avon Township near the Sugar River.
Scattered showers are expected tonight, with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
All of the Rock River in Rock County is under a slow/no wake restriction, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office.