Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect From This Morning To Monday 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 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
Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Elkader.
When
From this morning to Monday evening.
Additional details
- At 7:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:45 AM CDT Saturday was 14.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 22.9 feet on 08/30/2021. - 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
- Clayton 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
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WXC9266JSZ3D8R3S0D9HPW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1e6c17fd0d55b514b8483a1a7f5a1fef44da828.003.1
- 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.1826
- 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 191323 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0050.260919T1323Z-260922T0330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T22:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clayton County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019043 |
| UGC | IAC043 |
- Polygons
- 42.94,-91.46 42.84,-91.34 42.8,-91.36 42.93,-91.61 42.98,-91.61 42.94,-91.46