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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1230 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
  BLACK RIVER AT BLACK RIVER FALLS AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY 
  BLACK RIVER NEAR GALESVILLE AFFECTING LA CROSSE AND TREMPEALEAU 
  COUNTIES 
THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WATER LEVELS AND A STRONG STORM SYSTEM 
PRODUCING TWO ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO 
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE RISES ALONG THE BLACK RIVER. HEAVY RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHERE 
EXACTLY THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OCCURS WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH THE BLACK 
RIVER WILL RISE. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BLACK 
RIVER NEAR BLACK RIVER FALLS AND GALESVILLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE 
LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS.

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1230 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
BLACK RIVER AT BLACK RIVER FALLS...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 45.5 
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 47.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING AND CREST NEAR 50.3 FEET MONDAY MORNING. 
THIS WOULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
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