Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Monday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa... Turkey River at Garber affecting Clayton County. Turkey River at Elkader affecting Clayton County. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Iowa... Turkey River at Spillville affecting Winneshiek County. .Much of the Turkey River Basin from Garber upstream through Spillville received 2 to 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. The latest forecasts brings the crest at Elkader lower due to lower forecast precipitation amounts this evening as well as a slower routing from upstream locations. Much of the uncertainty in these river forecasts stems from uncertainty in how fast the water will flow downstream with time.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Garber.
When
Until Monday afternoon.
Impacts
At 26.0 feet, The earthen levee at Elkport is threatened, just upstream of Garber.
Additional details
- At 2:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 19.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 2:15 PM CDT Saturday was 19.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 24.9 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday morning. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 24.8 feet on 02/09/1966. - 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 Sunday morning by 615 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Clayton County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XMTENGAVFMPYYEJM8KN90Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.53145235bf4d637917d5a898fe42dcbc6f7dcab0.001.1
- 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.3866
- 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 192012 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-260921T2235Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T17:35:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clayton County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019043 |
| UGC | IAC043 |
- Polygons
- 42.8,-91.36 42.84,-91.34 42.69,-90.96 42.72,-91.31 42.8,-91.36