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River Flood Warning 25, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 16, 2026Grant County, Iowa County, Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2026, 5:16 AM CDT for Grant County, Iowa County, Richland County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 11:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2026, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2026, 11:35 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2026, 10:44 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Richland County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wisconsin River at Muscoda (MUSW3). The gauge peaked at 9.81 ft at Apr 19, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05407000, 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 15, 11:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 11:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:51 AM CDT, 25 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 15, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford	38 hr
Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	38 hr
Apr 16, 5:18 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford, Grant	4 days
Apr 16, 12:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, Monroe, Richland and 1 more	31 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.