Warning Vector

Flood Warning

NWS La Crosse WI ยท US

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Details

Flood Warning In Effect Until 6 AM CDT Early This Morning... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning

Event
Flood Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

Where

Houston County in southeastern Minnesota...

When

Until 600 AM CDT.

Impacts

Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.

Additional details

- At 239 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. A Mudslide was reported on Highway 76 west of Caledonia near Badger Creek. Water going over the roadway at Beaver Creek Valley State Park. Between 5 and 7 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Caledonia, Houston, Hokah, Brownsville, Mound Prairie, Money Creek, Reno, Yucatan, Sheldon, Black Hammer, Highway 44 And Sanden Road, Beaver Creek Valley State Park, Dun Romin Park Campground, County 14 And White Tail Road, Freeburg, County Roads 3 And 24, Perkins and County Roads 15 And 4. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.

Affected areas

  • Houston County, MN

Public contact

Issuer
NWS La Crosse WI

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~26s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2W9XFD13ZX6NRHAJT1G2CMQ
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d114ef95ddc41232ec323e6bda4ab8b404d18fbe.001.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS La Crosse WI
AWIPS ID
CAPARX
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.3144
WMO heading
XOUS53
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
53

Event codes

NameValue
SAMEFLW
NationalWeatherServiceFAW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFLWARX
WMOidentifierWGUS43 KARX 190743
NWSheadlineFLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KARX.FA.W.0016.260919T0743Z-260919T1100Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-19T06:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Houston County, MN
NameValue
SAME027055
UGCMNC055
Polygons
43.79,-91.26 43.76,-91.25 43.71,-91.27 43.65,-91.27 43.64,-91.26 43.62,-91.27 43.58,-91.23 43.57,-91.23 43.55,-91.24 43.51,-91.23 43.61,-91.73 43.85,-91.73 43.82,-91.46 43.79,-91.26