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WGUS43 KARX 040842
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
342 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 AFTERNOON BY 300 PM CDT.
WIC081-123-042000-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260405T1345Z/
/ONTW3.2.ER.260404T0557Z.260404T1000Z.260405T0145Z.NO/
342 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TOWN
OF ONTARIO DUE TO THE BRUSH CREEK AND KICKAPOO RIVER AND MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT ONTARIO.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* 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 3:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:00 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 18.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.7
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.9 FEET ON 03/14/2007.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4381 9051 4368 9057 4368 9061 4382 9061
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