785  
WGUS83 KARX 191330  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
830 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MINNESOTA...IOWA...  
 
TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 830 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
MNC099-200130-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250821T0300Z/  
/TRCM5.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250819T1015Z.250820T1500Z.NO/  
830 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURTLE CREEK NEAR AUSTIN 3NW.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK IN  
AUSTIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:30 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 11.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.2  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
10.8 FEET ON 07/20/1999.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4370 9305 4368 9300 4365 9297 4364 9298  
4367 9305  
 
 
 
IAC067-200130-  
/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-250821T1636Z/  
/CCYI4.2.ER.250819T1618Z.250820T0600Z.250821T0436Z.NO/  
830 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LELAND AVENUE AND PARK DRIVE AT 19TH  
AVENUE BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:15 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
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  
 
 
 
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