115  
WGUS43 KARX 190116  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
816 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...  
 
KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA AFFECTING VERNON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES.  
 
KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING BY 830 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
WIC103-123-191330-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0027.250819T0705Z-250820T2150Z/  
/VIOW3.1.ER.250819T0705Z.250819T1800Z.250820T0949Z.NO/  
816 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* 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...  
- AT 2:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 15.2 FEET EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.2 FEET ON 03/24/2011.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4353 9064 4347 9066 4346 9072 4348 9073  
4354 9070  
 

 
 
WIC123-191330-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0028.250819T2212Z-250821T1836Z/  
/REAW3.1.ER.250819T2212Z.250820T1200Z.250821T0636Z.NO/  
816 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE PARK ALONG THE RIVER EXPERIENCES  
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:59 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.0 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.4 FEET ON 06/02/2014.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4346 9072 4341 9077 4341 9079 4347 9078  
4348 9073  
 

 
 
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