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WGUS83 KARX 181915  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
215 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MINNESOTA...  
 
CEDAR RIVER AT AUSTIN AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
   
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA  
 
CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MINNESOTA...  
 
CEDAR RIVER NEAR LANSING AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
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 AFTERNOON BY 315 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
MNC099-182015-  
/O.CAN.KARX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-250818T1915Z/  
/LANM5.1.ER.250817T1934Z.250817T2215Z.250818T0200Z.NO/  
215 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED  
 
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR  
THE CEDAR RIVER NEAR LANSING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.8  
FEET THIS EVENING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4385 9298 4378 9293 4372 9295 4372 9297  
4385 9304  
 
 
 
MNC099-190715-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250821T0142Z/  
/TRCM5.2.ER.000000T0000Z.250819T1200Z.250820T1342Z.NO/  
215 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 1:30 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 11.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.6  
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
12.6 FEET ON 06/19/2014.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4370 9305 4368 9300 4365 9297 4364 9298  
4367 9305  
 
 
 
MNC099-190715-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-250819T1545Z/  
/ASTM5.1.ER.250818T2143Z.250819T0000Z.250819T0345Z.NO/  
215 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT AUSTIN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TAKES SPECIFIC ACTIONS  
TO WARN PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 15.5 FEET THIS EVENING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.8 FEET ON 03/31/1951.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4372 9295 4361 9297 4361 9299 4368 9299  
4372 9297  
 
 
 
IAC067-190715-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.250819T0745Z-250820T1800Z/  
/CCYI4.1.ER.250819T0745Z.250819T1800Z.250820T0600Z.NO/  
215 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, BRACKET STREET BEGINS TO FLOOD AND IS  
CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 13.5 FEET EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.7 FEET ON 03/19/1986.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255  
4304 9273  
 
 
 
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