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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
211 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY AFFECTING FLOYD COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE CEDAR RIVER BASIN IN
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA COMBINED WITH FORECAST RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 48 HOURS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING ON THE CEDAR RIVER IN CHARLES CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 515 AM CDT.
IAC067-031015-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0035.260703T0900Z-260705T1800Z/
/CCYI4.2.ER.260703T0900Z.260704T0000Z.260705T0600Z.NO/
211 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.5 FEET, RIVERSIDE DRIVE AT ST. MARYS STREET BEGINS
TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 17.5 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255
4304 9273
JAW
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