Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Morning To Wednesday 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 Wisconsin... Kickapoo River at Gays Mills affecting Crawford County. Kickapoo River at Steuben affecting Crawford County. Kickapoo River at Readstown affecting Vernon County. Additional river and weather information is available at www.weather.gov/lacrosse. The next statement will be issued late tonight by 1245 AM CDT.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Kickapoo River at Gays Mills.
When
From this morning to Wednesday afternoon.
Impacts
At 13.0 feet, Water begins to cover roads near the river, including Sand Hill Road near Bell Center. Minor flooding occurs in areas adjacent to the river, including Robb Park in Gays Mills.
Additional details
- At 8:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this morning to 13.7 feet this afternoon and remain near this level through early Tuesday afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.7 feet on 08/11/1980. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Affected areas
- Crawford County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2X1FCPH1HPAZQB13JFGDDRZ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c8079876531af6f9c9f92dbaeeb1e11285bd3f7a.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.3470
- 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 191434 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0053.260919T1434Z-260923T1900Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T14:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Crawford County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055023 |
| UGC | WIC023 |
- Polygons
- 43.36,-90.81 43.27,-90.82 43.28,-90.86 43.37,-90.85 43.36,-90.81