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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
417 AM CDT TUE APR 14 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 430 PM CDT.
WIC021-142130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0012.260414T0917Z-260420T1500Z/
/PORW3.3.ER.260406T1852Z.260417T1200Z.260420T0900Z.UU/
417 AM CDT TUE APR 14 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE MONDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...AT LEAST MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WISCONSIN RIVER AT PORTAGE.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WATER SURROUNDS SEASONAL HOMES ALONG OLD
RIVER RD IN THE BLACKHAWK PARK AREA INCLUDING WATER AT THE BASE OF
THE CALEDONIA/LEWISTON LEVEE ON OLD RIVER RD. OLD RIVER RD, W LAKE
RD, SEC K RD, BLACKHAWK RD COVERED WITH WATER. WEST LANE RD IN
LONG LAKE AREA HAS 4 FEET OF WATER OVER IT IN PLACES. IN THE TOWN
OF DEKORRA, ABOUT 12 HOMES ARE FLOODED ON HWY V. WATER OVER RIVER
OAKS RD AND OAK KNOLL DR NEAR HWY V.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 19.5 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.6 FEET ON 06/25/1993.
- 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 7 AM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME WED THU FRI SAT
PORTAGE 17.0 12.7 15.90 7 PM 4/13 18.7 19.1 19.5 19.4
- 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 17.71 3 PM 4/07 0.00 19.50 1 AM 4/18
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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