833  
WGUS43 KARX 021940  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
240 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
UPPER IOWA RIVER AT BLUFFTON AFFECTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.  
 
UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76 AFFECTING ALLAMAKEE 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 LATE TONIGHT BY 545 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC191-031045-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0037.260703T1736Z-260704T1400Z/  
/BLFI4.1.ER.260703T1736Z.260704T0000Z.260704T0736Z.NO/  
240 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT BLUFFTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, RIVER IS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTSIDE OF ITS BANKS  
IMPACTING BOTH BLUFFTON CANOE LANDINGS. CAMPGROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER  
IN BLUFFTON ARE UNDERWATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.9 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4340 9197 4345 9197 4349 9186 4336 9181  
4334 9187  
 
 
 
IAC005-031045-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0038.260703T1800Z-260705T1900Z/  
/DCHI4.1.ER.260703T1800Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0720Z.NO/  
240 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 15.5 FEET EARLY SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4350 9125 4343 9123 4339 9152 4334 9161  
4341 9161  
 
 
 
JAW  
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab WI Page
The Nexlab IA Page
The Nexlab MN Page
Main Text Page