694  
WGUS83 KARX 201133  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
633 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER AFFECTING CLAYTON COUNTY.  
 
TURKEY RIVER AT SPILLVILLE 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 THIS EVENING BY 600 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC043-202345-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-250822T1443Z/  
/EKDI4.1.ER.250819T2305Z.250821T0000Z.250822T0243Z.NO/  
633 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN AREAS NEAR THE  
RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 5:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 13.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.7  
FEET THIS EVENING. 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  
13.8 FEET ON 02/27/2023.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4294 9146 4284 9134 4280 9136 4293 9161  
4298 9161  
 
 
 
IAC191-202300-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-250820T2259Z/  
/SPLI4.1.ER.250818T1606Z.250820T0100Z.250820T1059Z.NO/  
633 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT SPILLVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 5:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 11.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 2.9 FEET TUESDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
9.3 FEET ON 07/24/1968.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4328 9206 4328 9199 4321 9190 4317 9192  
4317 9198  
 
 
 
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