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River Flood Warning 12, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2026, 3:58 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 5, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2026, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Crawford County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kickapoo River at Soldiers Grove (SOGW3).
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service La Crosse WI 828 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 IAZ010-011-029-030-WIZ034-041>044-053>055-061-051000- Winneshiek-Allamakee-Fayette-Clayton-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe- Juneau-Adams-Vernon-Crawford-Richland-Grant- 828 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Iowa...central Wisconsin...southwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Rivers rising into minor and major flooding is ongoing or forecasted to occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday River flooding continues through the start of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Flood reports are appreciated. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032-033- 051000- Mitchell-Howard-Floyd-Chickasaw-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona- Mower-Fillmore-Houston-Taylor-Clark-Buffalo-Trempealeau- 828 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Minnesota...central Wisconsin... north central Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... No action needed. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 4, 10:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:33 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:33 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Juneau | 41 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 66 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 2:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 29 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 4 days |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford | 35 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 41 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton | 46 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 55 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 23 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.