City of Madison monitoring storm impacts | Engineering

The City of Madison has been holding an in depth eye on the heavy rain within the space. We are at present beneath a flood watch by way of Monday morning, Aug. 11, 2025. Residents ought to proceed to remain vigilant as a result of there may be nonetheless a possible for flash flooding. We’ve seen streets flood close to the intersection of East Johnson and Fourth Streets, Lexington Avenue & Stoughton Road, along with different areas of the City.

Flashing flood can happen anyplace all through the City when the stormwater infrastructure can’t convey the quantity of water that’s falling.

In advance of and through these storms, Engineering crews have been cleansing storm sewers and grates in precedence places to make sure the storm sewer will operate in addition to potential.

As a reminder, please don’t drive in standing water. This could be a severe security hazard. Please keep away from parking on streets which are susceptible to flooding throughout this flood watch.

Many streets in Madison, particularly on the Isthmus, are susceptible to historic flash flooding throughout heavy rain occasions. However, the storm drains catch up usually after a few hours, and water will recede. Please bear in mind that in a sequence of storms like we’ve seen this weekend, it’s potential that extra heavy rain will fall at the beginning can drain after the prior storm.