159  
WGUS43 KARX 021935  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
235 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...  
 
SOUTH BRANCH ROOT RIVER AT LANESBORO AFFECTING FILLMORE AND HOUSTON  
COUNTIES.  
 
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 LATE TONIGHT BY 545 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
MNC045-055-031045-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0036.260702T2216Z-260704T0100Z/  
/LNSM5.1.ER.260702T2216Z.260703T0000Z.260703T0705Z.NO/  
235 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH BRANCH ROOT RIVER AT LANESBORO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW THE LEFT BANK  
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE FOOT BRIDGE WHERE THE GAGE IS LOCATED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:30 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.7 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4370 9206 4375 9197 4373 9195 4370 9198  
4369 9202  
 

 
 
JAW  
 
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