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. .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 during the overnight 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
Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Garber.
When
Until Monday afternoon.
Additional details
- At 7:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 20.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:15 PM CDT Saturday was 20.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.1 feet tomorrow morning. 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 23.0 feet on 03/30/1960. - 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. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Additional river and weather information is available at www.weather.gov/lacrosse. The next statement will be issued Sunday morning by 1000 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
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y7QB9ASYB186XEDH0X7F87
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.64a42c7933bb72b1a9f5edc8bae991e7cd37474c.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.2840
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSARX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KARX 200143 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-260921T2207Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T17:07:00-05:00 |
| 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