818  
WGUS83 KARX 201134  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
634 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 645 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC067-202345-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-250821T1617Z/  
/CCYI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250820T0645Z.250821T0417Z.NO/  
634 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, BRACKET STREET BEGINS TO FLOOD AND IS  
CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 6:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 13.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 3.7 FEET TUESDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.2 FEET ON 07/19/1978.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255  
4304 9273  
 
 
 
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