358  
WGUS43 KARX 271338  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
838 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2023  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...  
 
BLACK RIVER NEAR GALESVILLE AFFECTING TREMPEALEAU AND LA CROSSE  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN CARS.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 845 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
WIC063-121-280145-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-231031T0800Z/  
/GALW3.3.ER.231027T0259Z.231027T1800Z.231030T2000Z.NR/  
838 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...BLACK RIVER NEAR GALESVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:00 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.3  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.5 FEET ON 09/23/1980.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4411 9097 4405 9127 4393 9135 4395 9138  
4407 9133 4413 9100  
 

 
 
BAUMGARDT  
 
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