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Flood Watch 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 13, 202611 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flood watch at Apr 13, 2026, 2:23 AM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 13, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2026, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2026, 2:07 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Apr 13, 2:13 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:13 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 10:28 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	4 min
Apr 12, 10:33 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Jackson	23 hr
Apr 13, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	La Crosse, Trempealeau	18 hr
Apr 13, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Juneau	10 hr
Apr 13, 11:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	6 days
Apr 13, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams	26 min
Apr 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	17 min
Apr 13, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	1 min
Apr 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	20 min
Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	42 min
Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	54 min
Apr 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Clark	24 min
Apr 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Taylor	11 min
Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	64 min
Apr 13, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	42 min
Apr 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Taylor	20 min
Apr 13, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	24 min
Apr 13, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Jackson	33 min
Apr 13, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	71 min
Apr 13, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	67 min
Apr 13, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	44 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.