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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1133 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.
KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA AFFECTING RICHLAND AND VERNON COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN IN THE KICKAPOO RIVER BASIN WILL LEAD TO A FEW GAGES
ALONG THE RIVER REACHING MINOR FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH ANOTHER INCH
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON BY 300 PM CDT.
WIC123-042000-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0005.260404T1400Z-260407T0600Z/
/REAW3.1.ER.260404T1400Z.260405T1800Z.260406T1800Z.NO/
1133 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE PARK ALONG THE RIVER EXPERIENCES
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:59 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.8 FEET EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
- 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
WIC103-123-042000-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0004.260404T1400Z-260406T0700Z/
/VIOW3.1.ER.260404T1400Z.260405T0600Z.260405T1912Z.NO/
1133 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.5 FEET, TWO ROADS NORTH OF VIOLA MAY BE UNDER
WATER. WATER MAY BE OVER HIGHWAY 131, 3 MILES NORTH OF VIOLA, NEAR
SKI HILL ROAD, AND ALSO OVER SIMMONS FLAT ROAD ABOUT A MILE NORTH
OF TOWN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 14.5 FEET EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.6 FEET ON 04/15/2014.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4353 9064 4347 9066 4346 9072 4348 9073
4354 9070
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