Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Sunday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cedar River near Lansing affecting Mower County. Cedar River at Austin affecting Mower County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
Cedar River near Lansing.
When
Until Sunday evening.
Impacts
At 21.2 feet, Water reaches the bottom of the County Road 2 Bridge.
Additional details
- At 7:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 19.5 feet. - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:30 AM CDT Saturday was 19.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 21.0 feet on 09/24/2010. - 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 1130 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
- ~18s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WX846J3M4D7JJRE31KX5AA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.627b4ec74adf2a5f16f9cca9a68e16bf41422927.001.1
- 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.1808
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KARX 191321 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-260921T0251Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T21:51:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mower County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027099 |
| UGC | MNC099 |
- Polygons
- 43.85,-92.98 43.78,-92.93 43.72,-92.95 43.72,-92.97 43.85,-93.04 43.85,-92.98