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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
856 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
KICKAPOO RIVER AT LA FARGE AFFECTING RICHLAND AND VERNON COUNTIES.
KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA AFFECTING RICHLAND AND VERNON COUNTIES.
KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.
.UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR ONTARIO WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THIS
RAIN ROUTING DOWNSTREAM, COMBINED WITH THE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION
OF AROUND 1 INCH WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE KICKAPOO OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 LATE TONIGHT BY MIDNIGHT CDT.
WIC103-123-030500-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0029.260702T2155Z-260703T2300Z/
/LAFW3.1.ER.260702T2155Z.260703T0000Z.260703T1054Z.NO/
856 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT LA FARGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, SOME ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND SEVERAL
RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES ARE AFFECTED. HOWEVER THE MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE IN TOWN ARE STILL DRY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.9 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4368 9057 4353 9064 4354 9070 4368 9061
WIC103-123-030500-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0030.260702T2205Z-260705T0400Z/
/VIOW3.2.ER.260702T2205Z.260703T1800Z.260704T1612Z.NO/
856 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT VIOLA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS GOING OVER HIGHWAY 131/56 IN
VIOLA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.2 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4353 9064 4347 9066 4346 9072 4348 9073
4354 9070
WIC123-030500-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0031.260702T2256Z-260706T0100Z/
/REAW3.1.ER.260702T2256Z.260704T0000Z.260705T1300Z.NO/
856 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KICKAPOO RIVER AT READSTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WATER IS UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CHARLES
STREET BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:59 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 13.3 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4346 9072 4341 9077 4341 9079 4347 9078
4348 9073
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