Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect From This Morning To Late Sunday Night
- 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
Moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Cedar River at Austin.
When
From this morning to late Sunday night.
Impacts
At 20.0 feet, Serious flooding is likely.
Additional details
- At 8:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 8.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this morning to a crest of 19.9 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 19.8 feet on 09/23/2016. - 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
- 01M2WX8498MBSDS27A7MSS3FPX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.627b4ec74adf2a5f16f9cca9a68e16bf41422927.002.1
- 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.1809
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KARX 191321 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0048.260919T1648Z-260921T0832Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T03:32:00-05:00 |
| 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