Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Tonight
- 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. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Iowa... Turkey River at Spillville affecting Winneshiek County. Turkey River at Elkader affecting Clayton County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Turkey River at Elkader.
When
Until late tonight.
Impacts
At 12.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs in areas near the river.
Additional details
- At 7:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:45 AM CDT Sunday was 15.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage this afternoon and continue falling to 5.6 feet Sunday, September 27. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 13.1 feet on 03/23/2007. - 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 late tonight by midnight CDT.
Affected areas
- Clayton County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS La Crosse WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m11s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2ZHRCR1N0H732N9NWHEZXQM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.08cb5652b9428be8da847cd4cf2716bc934e3d49.003.1
- 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.2761
- 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
- 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 201357 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-260921T0645Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T01:45:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.53145235bf4d637917d5a898fe42dcbc6f7dcab0.003.1,2026-09-19T15:12:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1e6c17fd0d55b514b8483a1a7f5a1fef44da828.003.1,2026-09-19T08:23:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.45c943a57f36814c9e9e9a82f504c571275e0442.001.1,2026-09-19T06:34:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Clayton County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019043 |
| UGC | IAC043 |
- Polygons
- 42.94,-91.46 42.84,-91.34 42.8,-91.36 42.93,-91.61 42.98,-91.61 42.94,-91.46