Flood Warning
NWS La Crosse WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Tuesday Evening
- 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 Minnesota...Iowa... Root River Near Houston affecting Houston County. Turkey River at Garber affecting Clayton County. Turkey River at Spillville affecting Winneshiek County. ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cedar River at Austin affecting Mower County. Cedar River near Lansing affecting Mower County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Root River near Houston.
When
Until Tuesday evening.
Impacts
At 15.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding occurs.
Additional details
- At 7:45 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:45 PM CDT Sunday was 15.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.8 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.0 feet on 07/12/2000. - 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 this evening by 930 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Houston County, MN
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
- 01M30RRR23JWX57DM1RPNG0GCK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8cc0d5862d7730ac035ffd700a6aa87133e3d025.005.1
- 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.2101
- 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 210119 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260923T0051Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T19:51:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ebd706fedf34c64022ee617be8ee3f6c65797cd2.001.1,2026-09-19T20:35:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.706c382190966dd8b8a7bf706273f11b2ef9a0d7.002.1,2026-09-19T15:18:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa5b7b746b63ebe8194025d58903659a16f743d8.001.1,2026-09-19T10:04:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.00302cc7fc9762743ddc19c0ed36714bb9ebc786.001.1,2026-09-19T06:23:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Houston County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027055 |
| UGC | MNC055 |
- Polygons
- 43.82,-91.73 43.79,-91.45 43.76,-91.45 43.75,-91.67 43.78,-91.73 43.82,-91.73