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WGUS43 KARX 041029
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
529 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR 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 FLOODING ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER NEAR
ONTARIO. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 EVENING BY 830 PM CDT.
WIC081-123-050130-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260405T1508Z/
/ONTW3.3.ER.260404T0557Z.260404T1200Z.260405T0308Z.NO/
529 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT ONTARIO.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE 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 5:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:00 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 19.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.7
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.4 FEET ON 09/22/2016.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4381 9051 4368 9057 4368 9061 4382 9061
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