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WGUS43 KARX 181933
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
233 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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 LATE TONIGHT BY 245 AM CDT.
IAC005-190745-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0020.250818T1933Z-250820T1200Z/
/DCHI4.2.ER.250818T1607Z.250819T0600Z.250820T0000Z.NO/
233 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:00 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 16.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.9
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.0 FEET ON 09/06/1946.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4350 9125 4343 9123 4339 9152 4334 9161
4341 9161
BAUMGARDT
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