073  
WGUS83 KARX 201525  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1025 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 1030 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
IAC067-210330-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-250821T0900Z/  
/CCYI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.250820T0645Z.250820T2100Z.NO/  
1025 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, BARRICADING OF STREETS BEGINS, AND THE  
INTERSECTION OF RIVERSIDE AND NORTH ILLINOIS STREETS MAY BE  
FLOODED. CABLE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 13.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 3.6 FEET  
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.0 FEET ON 08/25/2016.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
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