708  
WGUS43 KARX 181129  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
629 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...  
 
TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
TREMPEALEAU RIVER AT ARCADIA AFFECTING TREMPEALEAU AND BUFFALO  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 1100 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
MNC099-190400-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0018.250818T1400Z-250821T0600Z/  
/TRCM5.2.ER.250818T1551Z.250819T1200Z.250820T1708Z.NR/  
629 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF  
RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
12.9 FEET ON 06/01/2000.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4370 9305 4368 9300 4365 9297 4364 9298  
4367 9305  
 
 
 
WIC011-121-190400-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0019.250818T1600Z-250819T1200Z/  
/ARCW3.1.ER.250818T1800Z.250818T1800Z.250818T1800Z.NO/  
629 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TREMPEALEAU RIVER AT ARCADIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. A FEW STREETS ARE  
AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER, AND PUMPING OPERATIONS BEGIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
8.1 FEET ON 05/21/2013.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4423 9158 4432 9146 4432 9143 4426 9145  
4422 9158  
 
 
 
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