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WGUS43 KARX 181626
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1126 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
TURKEY RIVER AT SPILLVILLE AFFECTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.
.RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS HAVE LED
TO RAPID RIVER RISES AND FLOODING.
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 1100 PM CDT.
IAC191-190400-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0024.250818T1626Z-250820T0014Z/
/SPLI4.3.ER.250818T1606Z.250819T0000Z.250819T1214Z.NO/
1126 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT SPILLVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.6 FEET ON 06/26/1969.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4328 9206 4328 9199 4321 9190 4317 9192
4317 9198
BAUMGARDT
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