Flood Warning
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Evening To Monday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Wisconsin... East Branch Pecatonica River Near Blanchardville affecting Lafayette County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
East Branch Pecatonica River near Blanchardville.
When
From this evening to Monday evening.
Impacts
At 13.0 feet, Highway 78, F and H north of park in Blanchardville is flooded and closed. Floodwaters completely cover McKellar Park, inluding the tennis courts and football field.
Additional details
- At 12:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 8.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 13.2 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday morning. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.2 feet on 03/05/1949. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued late tonight at 1230 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Lafayette County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XBAQJZC8NW4C1ZJPFP449Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6b9e301f68c8b9d8cdad839f21dd714504728e96.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMKX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7523
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWMKX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KMKX 191727 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0044.260920T0045Z-260922T0200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T21:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lafayette County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055065 |
| UGC | WIC065 |
- Polygons
- 42.83,-89.93 42.84,-89.84 42.79,-89.82 42.68,-89.81 42.68,-89.91 42.79,-89.91 42.83,-89.93