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 Through Sunday Morning

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-09-19 23:42:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-19 23:42:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-20 12:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-20 12:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of northeast Iowa, including the following counties, Clayton and Fayette and southwest Wisconsin, including the following county, Grant.

When

Through Sunday morning.

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 the overnight 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

Fayette County, IA
Clayton County, IA
Grant County, WI

Public contact

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

Message record

Received: 2026-09-19 23:42:22 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~22s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2Y0SB4CMG4912W78DH3FFPE
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39ae7942c833751000f5262e93390de4064415fe.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.10076
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
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WMOidentifier	WGUS63 KARX 192342
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.KARX.FA.A.0009.000000T0000Z-260920T1200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-20T07:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Fayette County, IA
Clayton County, IA
Grant County, WI

Name	Value
SAME	019065
SAME	019043
SAME	055043
UGC	IAZ029
UGC	IAZ030
UGC	WIZ061