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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
642 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76 AFFECTING ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS LEADING TO RISES ON
THE UPPER IOWA RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 645 PM CDT.
IAC005-182345-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0020.250819T0000Z-250820T0600Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.250819T0000Z.250819T0600Z.250819T1800Z.NO/
642 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 14.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.5 FEET ON 03/12/1989.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4350 9125 4343 9123 4339 9152 4334 9161
4341 9161
BAUMGARDT
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