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WGUS83 KARX 191435
FLSARX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
935 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 945 PM CDT.
IAC067-200245-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-250821T2141Z/
/CCYI4.2.ER.250819T1729Z.250820T1200Z.250821T0941Z.NO/
935 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LELAND AVENUE AND PARK DRIVE AT 19TH
AVENUE BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CREST AROUND 15.0 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.0 FEET ON 04/17/1973.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255
4304 9273
SKOW
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