473  
WGUS83 KARX 070026  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
726 PM CDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WISCONSIN...  
 
BLACK RIVER NEAR GALESVILLE AFFECTING TREMPEALEAU AND LA CROSSE  
COUNTIES.  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY AFTERNOON BY 100 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
WIC063-121-071800-  
/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260408T1000Z/  
/GALW3.1.ER.260406T2125Z.260407T0600Z.260407T2200Z.NO/  
726 PM CDT MON APR 6 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BLACK RIVER NEAR GALESVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, FLOODING MAINLY IMPACTS WILDLANDS AND  
AGRICULTURAL PASTURE LAND. THE APPROACHES ON BOTH ENDS OF THE  
COUNTY ROAD VV BRIDGE OVER THE BLACK RIVER IN JACKSON COUNTY MAY  
BEGIN TO FLOOD AND THE BRIDGE GATES MAY BE CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 6:00 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 12.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.5  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
12.5 FEET ON 04/15/2002.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4411 9097 4405 9127 4393 9135 4395 9138  
4407 9133 4413 9100  
 
 
 
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