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WGUS63 KARX 181951
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
251 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA AFFECTING RICHLAND AND VERNON COUNTIES.
KICKAPOO RIVER AT SOLDIERS GROVE AFFECTING CRAWFORD COUNTY.
KICKAPOO RIVER AT GAYS MILLS AFFECTING CRAWFORD COUNTY.
.THE RIVER LEVEL IS FORECAST TO RISE DUE TO RAINFALL FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE KICKAPOO NEAR
ONTARIO AND NORTH. CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO BE
HIGHER THIS EVENING ON THE FORECAST CRESTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 300 AM CDT.
WIZ053-055-190800-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.A.0019.250819T0705Z-250820T2150Z/
/VIOW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
251 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, BANKER PARK AND CAMPGROUND IN VIOLA
EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4353 9064 4347 9066 4346 9072 4348 9073
4354 9070
WIZ054-190800-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.A.0020.250820T1500Z-250822T0112Z/
/SOGW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
251 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT SOLDIERS GROVE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOWLAND SWAMPS AND FARMLAND
NEAR THE RIVER OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4341 9077 4339 9077 4336 9081 4337 9085
4341 9079
WIZ054-190800-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.A.0021.250821T0936Z-250823T0022Z/
/GMIW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
251 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT GAYS MILLS.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER ROADS NEAR THE
RIVER, INCLUDING SAND HILL ROAD NEAR BELL CENTER. MINOR FLOODING
OCCURS IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER, INCLUDING ROBB PARK IN GAYS
MILLS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4336 9081 4327 9082 4328 9086 4337 9085
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