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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service La Crosse WI

816 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025



...The National Weather Service in La Crosse WI has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Wisconsin...



  Kickapoo River at Viola affecting Vernon and Richland Counties.



  Kickapoo River at Readstown affecting Vernon County.



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 Tuesday morning by 830 AM CDT.



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WIC103-123-191330-

/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0027.250819T0705Z-250820T2150Z/

/VIOW3.1.ER.250819T0705Z.250819T1800Z.250820T0949Z.NO/

816 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Kickapoo River at Viola.



* WHEN...From late tonight to Wednesday afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Banker Park and Campground in Viola 

  experiences significant flooding.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 2:45 PM CDT Monday the stage was 9.1 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 13.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 15.2 feet early

    tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early

    Wednesday morning.

  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    15.2 feet on 03/24/2011.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 4353 9064 4347 9066 4346 9072 4348 9073

      4354 9070





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WIC123-191330-

/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0028.250819T2212Z-250821T1836Z/

/REAW3.1.ER.250819T2212Z.250820T1200Z.250821T0636Z.NO/

816 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY 

AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Kickapoo River at Readstown.



* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon to early Thursday afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, The park along the river experiences 

  significant flooding.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 7:59 PM CDT Monday the stage was 5.3 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 12.0 feet Wednesday morning.

    It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday morning.

  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    11.4 feet on 06/02/2014.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 4346 9072 4341 9077 4341 9079 4347 9078

      4348 9073





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