096  
WGUS83 KARX 190244  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
944 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 945 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
WIC103-123-191445-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0027.250819T2100Z-250820T1851Z/  
/VIOW3.1.ER.250819T2100Z.250820T0000Z.250820T0651Z.NO/  
944 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN AREAS NEAR THE  
RIVER, INCLUDING BANKER PARK IN VIOLA. FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS LOW  
LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 14.2 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.  
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  
14.3 FEET ON 09/25/2010.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
WIC123-191445-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0028.250820T1200Z-250821T1200Z/  
/REAW3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
944 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE PARK ALONG THE RIVER EXPERIENCES  
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:59 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.1 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY  
EVENING.  
- 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  
 

 
 
JSB  
 
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