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River Flood Warning 20, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 14, 2026La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2026, 4:47 AM CDT for La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 15, 2026, 8:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2026, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2026, 8:48 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River (WI) at Galesville (GALW3). The gauge peaked at 14.33 ft at Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05382000, 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 14, 4:27 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 4:27 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 1:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 1:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 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 13, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	56 min
Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Clark	38 min
Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	32 min
Apr 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Juneau, Monroe	46 min
Apr 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	41 min
Apr 13, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	13 min
Apr 13, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Juneau	9 days
Apr 13, 9:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Jackson	55 hr
Apr 13, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Monroe	59 min
Apr 13, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Monroe	3 hr
Apr 13, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant, Richland	35 min
Apr 14, 4:16 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau	4 hr
Apr 14, 5:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	49 hr
Apr 14, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	18 hr
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	43 min
Apr 14, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ARX	Monroe, Vernon	52 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant, Richland	48 min
Apr 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau	50 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	31 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Grant	26 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	42 min
Apr 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Juneau, Vernon	23 min
Apr 14, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Vernon	23 min
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	35 min
Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	46 min
Apr 14, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	40 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Adams	20 min
Apr 14, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	25 min
Apr 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Grant	25 min
Apr 13, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Mitchell	62 min
Apr 13, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	47 min
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette	45 min
Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	56 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Chickasaw, Howard	44 min
Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ARX	Howard, Winneshiek	41 min
Apr 13, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	66 min
Apr 13, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted	27 min
Apr 13, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Winona	40 min
Apr 13, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	48 min
Apr 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	63 min
Apr 13, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	24 min
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	45 min

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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.