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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 8, 2026Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2026, 9:56 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2026, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Baraboo River at Rock Springs (RSPW3).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
18.5 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 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.

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.