816  
WGUS83 KARX 182031  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
331 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
.RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST  
IOWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH  
EXPECTED. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MUCH  
ADDITIONAL IMPACT.  
 
IAC005-037-067-089-131-191-182300-  
/O.CON.KARX.FA.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250818T2300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ALLAMAKEE IA-CHICKASAW IA-FLOYD IA-HOWARD IA-MITCHELL IA-  
WINNESHIEK IA-  
331 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA, INCLUDING  
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA, FLOYD AND MITCHELL.  
IN NORTHEAST IOWA, ALLAMAKEE, CHICKASAW, HOWARD AND WINNESHIEK.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM CDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT MANY ROADS  
REMAIN CLOSED IN THE WARNED AREA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 325 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SLOW MOVING  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED  
AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
DECORAH, CHARLES CITY, WAUKON, CRESCO, NEW HAMPTON, CALMAR,  
ELMA, LAWLER, SPILLVILLE, FORT ATKINSON, FLOYD, RIDGEWAY,  
IONIA, PROTIVIN, JERICO, CHICKASAW, ALTA VISTA, NORTH  
WASHINGTON, COLWELL AND BASSETT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4323 9275 4330 9255 4347 9208 4350 9198  
4350 9161 4350 9138 4349 9140 4346 9134  
4332 9130 4321 9162 4308 9206 4308 9208  
4308 9209 4291 9229 4303 9277  
 

 
 
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