Flood Watch

NWS La Crosse WI · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-09-20 11:30:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Watch Now In Effect Until 7 PM CDT This Evening

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-09-19 17:10:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-19 17:10:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-20 00:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-20 00:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

Overview

Much of the watch area has seen 2 to upwards of 7 inches of rain over the last 24 hours. As this water continues to route through the system, additional rises on rivers and flooding of roadways, parks, and low elevation areas is likely over the next 6 to 12 hours. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches if possible through this evening.

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of Iowa, including the following counties, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek, southeast Minnesota, including the following counties, Fillmore, Houston and Mower, and southwest Wisconsin, including the following county, Vernon.

When

Until 7 PM CDT this evening.

Impacts

Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.

Additional details

- Widespread rain will continue through today with additional rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

Affected areas

Mitchell County, IA
Howard County, IA
Winneshiek County, IA
Allamakee County, IA
Floyd County, IA
Chickasaw County, IA
Mower County, MN
Fillmore County, MN
Houston County, MN
Vernon County, WI

Public contact

Issuer: NWS La Crosse WI
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-19 17:10:28 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~28s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2XABR89VSCA4MK4CTY46EMC
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.24fd3065de4d2b6111e415c83a92d8c8d7ef85d1.001.1
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.7138
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FFAARX
WMOidentifier	WGUS63 KARX 191710
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.KARX.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-19T19:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Mitchell County, IA
Howard County, IA
Winneshiek County, IA
Allamakee County, IA
Floyd County, IA
Chickasaw County, IA
Mower County, MN
Fillmore County, MN
Houston County, MN
Vernon County, WI

Name	Value
SAME	019131
SAME	019089
SAME	019191
SAME	019005
SAME	019067
SAME	019037
SAME	027099
SAME	027045
SAME	027055
SAME	055123
UGC	IAZ008
UGC	IAZ009
UGC	IAZ010
UGC	IAZ011
UGC	IAZ018
UGC	IAZ019
UGC	MNZ094
UGC	MNZ095
UGC	MNZ096
UGC	WIZ053