Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Sunday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...Observed flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cedar River near Lansing affecting Mower County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cedar River at Austin affecting Mower County. .The heaviest rainfall in the Cedar River Basin fell across the Lansing area, where 2 to 5 inches of rain fell in that sub-basin. With Lansing already cresting lower than the original forecast, have lowered the downstream forecasts at Austin and Charles City accordingly.
What
Moderate flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Cedar River near Lansing.
When
Until Sunday evening.
Impacts
At 21.2 feet, Water reaches the bottom of the County Road 2 Bridge.
Additional details
- At 2:30 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 20.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 2:30 PM CDT Saturday was 20.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow morning and continue falling to 10.3 feet Saturday, September 26. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - 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 645 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Mower County, MN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XNYK5YJFWT212E5SBQ7H21
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.27a7c7bb871fffb4c2e5ea69dfce62e1a5ae6b38.001.1
- 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.4379
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KARX 192032 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-260921T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mower County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027099 |
| UGC | MNC099 |
- Polygons
- 43.85,-92.98 43.78,-92.93 43.72,-92.95 43.72,-92.97 43.85,-93.04 43.85,-92.98