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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1058 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
WISCONSIN RIVER AT PORTAGE AFFECTING COLUMBIA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM CDT.
WIC021-061600-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0009.260406T1424Z-260410T1500Z/
/PORW3.2.ER.260406T1424Z.260408T0600Z.260410T0900Z.UU/
1058 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WISCONSIN RIVER AT PORTAGE.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.5 FEET, FLOODWATERS AFFECT RIVER SHORES ROAD ABOUT
3 MILES UPSTREAM OF PORTAGE IN THE TOWN OF LEWISTON AND RIVER OAKS
ROAD ABOUT 7 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF PORTAGE IN THE TOWN OF DEKORRA IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY. WATER OVER LEVEE RD AND TRITZ RD. THERE IS
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE BLACKHAWK PARK AREA INCLUDING
WEST LAKE ROAD...BLACKHAWK ROAD AND WOOD STREET. THE BLACKHAWK
PARK AREA IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF
PORTAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 18.3 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.3 FEET ON 05/22/2017.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING
LOCATIONS. THE 7 DAY RIVER FORECAST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PAST
PRECIPITATION, SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS, AND PREDICTED
PRECIPITATION FOR THE BASIN. PRECIPITATION IS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
IN THE FUTURE FROM APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND FOR 48 HOURS IN THE
FUTURE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH.
(STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST FORECAST STAGES
- FLOOD FULL OBSERVED ...FOR 1 AM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME TUE WED THU FRI
PORTAGE 17.0 12.7 15.25 11 AM 4/05 17.8 18.3 18.1 17.1
- HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE
- OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE
- STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO HIGHEST STAGE
- THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN
- 7 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS
PORTAGE 16.05 11 AM 3/30 0.00 18.30 7 PM 4/08
LAT...LON 4361 8966 4358 8940 4353 8934 4345 8938
4338 8947 4343 8960 4349 8952 4352 8958
4353 8969
QUIGLEY
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