862  
WGUS83 KARX 181933  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
233 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DECORAH AFFECTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
IAC191-190745-  
/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0025.250819T0000Z-250819T1200Z/  
/DEHI4.1.ER.250819T0000Z.250819T0000Z.250819T0000Z.NO/  
233 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DECORAH.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE THREATENED ON THE  
WEST EDGE OF DECORAH JUST BEFORE THE LEVEE PROTECTING THE TOWN  
BEGINS. SOME AGRICULTURAL FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.0  
FEET THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.9 FEET ON 06/10/2018.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4325 9182 4334 9187 4336 9181 4339 9161  
4334 9161  
 
 
 
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