Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect From Early This Morning To Late Wednesday Night
- 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 Wisconsin... Kickapoo River at Gays Mills affecting Crawford County. Kickapoo River at Steuben affecting Crawford County. Kickapoo River at Readstown affecting Vernon County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Kickapoo River at Steuben.
When
From early this morning to late Wednesday night.
Impacts
At 12.0 feet, Water starts to affect business and residences and minor flooding affects lowlands and lower roads.
Additional details
- At 8:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 11.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 11.6 feet just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.0 feet on 05/08/2001. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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 this afternoon by noon CDT.
Affected areas
- Crawford County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YKK0VD22RVN0ZJKSYJMTYF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f37a3d3b63e27243f3aea73c914e9fb1d99ef4d0.002.1
- 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.7669
- 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 200510 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0054.260920T1000Z-260924T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T03:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Crawford County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055023 |
| UGC | WIC023 |
- Polygons
- 43.27,-90.82 43.08,-90.85 43.06,-90.92 43.15,-90.91 43.28,-90.86 43.27,-90.82