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WGUS43 KARX 040704
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
204 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
KICKAPOO RIVER AT ONTARIO AFFECTING MONROE AND VERNON COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER
NEAT ONTARIO. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS THE RAIN IS
ENDING ACROSS THE BASIN.
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.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON BY 400 PM CDT.
WIC081-123-042100-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0006.260404T0704Z-260405T2100Z/
/ONTW3.1.ER.260404T0557Z.260404T0900Z.260405T0900Z.NO/
204 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT ONTARIO.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE RIVER IN THE
ONTARIO AREA. WATER MAY BE OVER HIGHWAY P NEAR BRIDGE 10, AND ALSO
OVER WINCHELL VALLEY ROAD AT BRIDGE 8.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:00 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.6
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.2 FEET ON 03/28/2014.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4381 9051 4368 9057 4368 9061 4382 9061
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