075  
WGUS43 KARX 190105  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
805 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE WI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...  
 
DOBBINS CREEK AT AUSTIN 2NE AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING BY 815 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
MNC099-191315-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0026.250819T0105Z-250819T1600Z/  
/DOBM5.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250818T2215Z.250819T0400Z.NO/  
805 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DOBBINS CREEK AT AUSTIN 2NE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:30 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 11.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.0 FEET TOMORROW  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.7 FEET ON 05/18/2000.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4366 9297 4368 9296 4373 9287 4374 9277  
4369 9279  
 

 
 
IAC067-191315-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.250819T1110Z-250821T1636Z/  
/CCYI4.2.ER.250819T1110Z.250820T0600Z.250821T0436Z.NO/  
805 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LELAND AVENUE AND PARK DRIVE AT 19TH  
AVENUE BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.4 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.4 FEET ON 03/24/2011.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255  
4304 9273  
 

 
 
JSB  
 
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