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Mississippi likely to crest at La Crosse on Friday, at least 3 feet below flood stage
The rising Mississippi River is expected to crest Friday afternoon in La Crosse at 8-and-a-half feet…well short of the city’s 12-foot flood stage.
The National Weather Service says the river has gone up a full foot since Monday afternoon. Forecasters expect the water level to drop slowly to 8 feet even by Monday.
The highest crest on record in La Crosse occurred this week in 1965, exactly 60 years ago, rising to 17.9 feet on April 21st. It was just two years ago, in April of 2023, that the Mississippi crested at 15.9 feet in La Crosse, for the third highest flood on record in the city. The second highest was in April of 2001.
You can hear about the record 1965 flood during Yesterday in La Crosse, on WIZM or at wizmnews.com.
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