Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Tuesday 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 Wisconsin... Kickapoo River at Readstown affecting Vernon County. Kickapoo River at Gays Mills affecting Crawford County. ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Wisconsin... Kickapoo River at Steuben affecting Crawford County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Kickapoo River at Gays Mills.
When
Until Tuesday afternoon.
Impacts
At 13.0 feet, Water begins to cover roads near the river, including Sand Hill Road near Bell Center. Minor flooding occurs in areas adjacent to the river, including Robb Park in Gays Mills.
Additional details
- There is no current observed data. - Bankfull stage is 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning and continue falling to 7.4 feet Saturday evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.3 feet on 03/21/1972. - 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 morning by 745 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Crawford County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Z9KV61BKY7CGNA96X2XW41
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.efb916cd924c222a4cdf54745b27ae7b332c4ff7.003.1
- 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.9591
- 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 201135 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0053.000000T0000Z-260922T2100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T16:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c8079876531af6f9c9f92dbaeeb1e11285bd3f7a.001.1,2026-09-19T09:34:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Crawford County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055023 |
| UGC | WIC023 |
- Polygons
- 43.36,-90.81 43.27,-90.82 43.28,-90.86 43.37,-90.85 43.36,-90.81