Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect From Late Tonight To Tuesday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Minnesota... Root River Near Houston affecting Houston County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Root River near Houston.
When
From late tonight to Tuesday evening.
Impacts
At 15.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding occurs.
Additional details
- At 9:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 11.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 16.6 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.6 feet on 03/27/1950. - 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 late tonight by 115 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Houston County, MN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2X34ZPX86AWY17Y5X00YP94
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa5b7b746b63ebe8194025d58903659a16f743d8.001.1
- 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.4232
- 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 | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KARX 191504 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0049.260920T0538Z-260923T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Houston County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027055 |
| UGC | MNC055 |
- Polygons
- 43.82,-91.73 43.79,-91.45 43.76,-91.45 43.75,-91.67 43.78,-91.73 43.82,-91.73