Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Afternoon To Sunday Afternoon
- 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 Iowa... Turkey River at Spillville affecting Winneshiek County. Turkey River at Garber affecting Clayton County. ...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Major severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Iowa... Turkey River at Elkader affecting Clayton County.
What
Moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Spillville.
When
From this afternoon to Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
At 11.0 feet, Water begins to impact lower portions of campsites at Riverside Park Campground. Additional water begins to wrap around portions of Riverside Park, reaching the baseball field bleachers.
Additional details
- At 7:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 3.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 11.4 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 11.4 feet on 06/10/2020. - 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
- Winneshiek County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WXC909MB5SZFRTFDZAG8NR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1e6c17fd0d55b514b8483a1a7f5a1fef44da828.001.1
- 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.1825
- 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 191323 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0051.260919T2006Z-260920T2000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T15:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Winneshiek County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019191 |
| UGC | IAC191 |
- Polygons
- 43.28,-92.06 43.28,-91.99 43.21,-91.9 43.17,-91.92 43.17,-91.98 43.28,-92.06