Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Afternoon To Sunday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cedar River near Lansing affecting Mower County. Cedar River at Austin affecting Mower County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Cedar River at Austin.
When
From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
Impacts
At 15.0 feet, The city of Austin takes specific actions to warn people and businesses.
Additional details
- There is no current river reading for this location. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 16.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.1 feet on 03/11/1973. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional river and weather information is available at www.weather.gov/lacrosse. The next statement will be issued this evening by 845 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Mower County, MN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WM4X0D2P0JHFR8WD711WME
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2eb11be0e85fdfc1ee812d6c34d1ed9ce3107c3b.002.1
- 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.7906
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KARX 191042 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0048.260919T2024Z-260921T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T20:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mower County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027099 |
| UGC | MNC099 |
- Polygons
- 43.72,-92.95 43.61,-92.97 43.61,-92.99 43.68,-92.99 43.72,-92.97 43.72,-92.95