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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1123 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
WISCONSIN RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK DAM AFFECTING JUNEAU AND ADAMS
COUNTIES.
.THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE WISCONSIN
RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS
RAINFALL COLLECTS AND ROUTES DOWNSTREAM OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS, THE
WISCONSIN RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE MAJOR
FLOODING THRESHOLD OF 45000 CFS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 300 AM CDT.
WIC001-057-140800-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0017.260414T1227Z-260419T1200Z/
/CROW3.3.ER.260414T1227Z.260416T0600Z.260419T0329Z.NO/
1123 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WISCONSIN RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK DAM.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:10 AM CDT MONDAY THE FLOW WAS 29,663.0 CFS.
- BANKFULL FLOW IS 20,000.0 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 48,010.0 CFS EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 30,000.0 CFS.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
45,647.0 CFS ON 04/12/2011.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4392 9007 4402 9002 4402 8996 4377 8984
4377 8990
JAW
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