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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
516 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026

...The National Weather Service in La Crosse WI has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Wisconsin...

  Wisconsin River at Muscoda affecting Richland, Grant and Iowa
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Additional river and weather information is available at
www.weather.gov/lacrosse.

The next statement will be issued this evening by 830 PM CDT.

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516 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wisconsin River at Muscoda.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning to late Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, There is extensive lowland flooding.
  However no flooding has been reported in Muscoda in previous years.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:45 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 6.8 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Saturday morning to a crest of 9.8 feet Sunday evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    9.8 feet on 10/03/1986.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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