Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Late Sunday Night
- 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 forecast.
Where
Cedar River at Austin.
When
Until late Sunday night.
Impacts
At 20.0 feet, Serious flooding is likely.
Additional details
- At 3:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 19.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 15.0 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
- 01M2XNYK898H1G35A6DJS9K4G2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.27a7c7bb871fffb4c2e5ea69dfce62e1a5ae6b38.002.1
- 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.4380
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KARX 192032 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-260921T0832Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T03:32:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mower County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027099 |
| UGC | MNC099 |
- Polygons
- 43.72,-92.95 43.61,-92.97 43.61,-92.99 43.68,-92.99 43.72,-92.97 43.72,-92.95