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WGUS83 KARX 191356  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
856 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 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 THIS EVENING BY 900 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
WIC103-123-200200-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0027.250819T1623Z-250820T1500Z/  
/VIOW3.1.ER.250819T1623Z.250819T1800Z.250820T0300Z.NO/  
856 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* 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 7:55 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 14.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.  
- 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  
 
 
 
WIC123-200200-  
/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0028.250820T1200Z-250821T1200Z/  
/REAW3.1.ER.250820T1200Z.250820T1800Z.250821T0000Z.NO/  
856 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 7:59 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
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  
 
 
 
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