325  
WGUS83 KARX 201634  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1134 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER AFFECTING CLAYTON 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 1145 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
IAC043-210445-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-250822T1240Z/  
/EKDI4.1.ER.250819T2305Z.250820T1800Z.250822T0040Z.NO/  
1134 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN AREAS NEAR THE  
RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 13.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY CRESTING AROUND 13.3 FEET  
AND WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.1 FEET ON 03/23/2007.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4294 9146 4284 9134 4280 9136 4293 9161  
4298 9161  
 

 
 
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