Flood Warning
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following river in Wisconsin... East Branch Pecatonica River Near Blanchardville affecting Lafayette County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
East Branch Pecatonica River near Blanchardville.
When
Until late tonight.
Impacts
At 11.0 feet, Floodwaters cover a portion of Highway H and floodwaters are into McKellar Park in Blanchardville.
Additional details
- At 3:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 10.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early this morning to a crest of 11.4 feet this morning. It will then fall below flood stage this afternoon. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 11.4 feet on 04/12/2008. - 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 this afternoon at 415 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Lafayette County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Z168AFY2P0JGFHJ9TFZ926
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f4ccfa8873309fd3956392ef6fd903a4bf2a6994.001.1
- 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.5570
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSMKX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KMKX 200908 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KMKX.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260921T0742Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T02:42:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6b9e301f68c8b9d8cdad839f21dd714504728e96.001.1,2026-09-19T12:27:00-05:00 |
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