Warning Vector

Flood Warning

NWS La Crosse WI ยท US

Updated
This event was updated at .

Details

Flood Warning Remains 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 Elkader affecting Clayton County. Turkey River at Garber affecting Clayton County.

What

Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.

Where

Turkey River at Garber.

When

Until Monday afternoon.

Additional details

- At 7:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 21.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:15 AM CDT Sunday was 22.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late tonight and continue falling to 8.1 feet Saturday evening. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 22.0 feet on 06/02/1916. - 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 this evening by 1045 PM CDT.

Affected areas

  • Clayton County, IA

Public contact

Issuer
NWS La Crosse WI

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~51s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Update
Lifecycle
Updated
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2ZDYXP3KWKX66JWY417QP3K
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.12347e68509bb3a0a326a9b0c31e5a1fa7882428.002.1
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.1166
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
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent

Event codes

NameValue
SAMEFLS
NationalWeatherServiceFLW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFLSARX
WMOidentifierWGUS83 KARX 201251
NWSheadlineFLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-260921T2207Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-21T17:07:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
expiredReferencesw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.53145235bf4d637917d5a898fe42dcbc6f7dcab0.001.1,2026-09-19T15:12:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1e6c17fd0d55b514b8483a1a7f5a1fef44da828.002.1,2026-09-19T08:23:00-05:00
Locations

Location data

  • Clayton County, IA
NameValue
SAME019043
UGCIAC043
Polygons
42.8,-91.36 42.84,-91.34 42.69,-90.96 42.72,-91.31 42.8,-91.36