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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1227 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

...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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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WIC065-200530-
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/BCHW3.1.ER.260920T0045Z.260920T1800Z.260921T1342Z.NO/
1227 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING...

* 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

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LAT...LON 4283 8993 4284 8984 4279 8982 4268 8981
      4268 8991 4279 8991


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