248  
WGUS73 KARX 040333  
FFSARX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1033 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026  
 
IAC005-191-MNC055-WIC063-081-123-040600-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ALLAMAKEE IA-WINNESHIEK IA-HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-MONROE WI-  
VERNON WI-  
1033 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR  
NORTHWESTERN ALLAMAKEE, WINNESHIEK, SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON, WESTERN  
VERNON, SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1033 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE  
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
LA CROSSE, DECORAH, VIROQUA, WESTBY, CASHTON, CALMAR, OSSIAN,  
STODDARD, COON VALLEY, NEW ALBIN, BROWNSVILLE, SPILLVILLE, FORT  
ATKINSON, RIDGEWAY, SPRINGVILLE, PORTLAND, ROCKLAND, ONTARIO,  
WILMINGTON AND RENO.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4372 9059 4340 9128 4341 9131 4308 9190  
4308 9208 4330 9208 4392 9091  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
JSB  
 
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