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WGUS83 KARX 040219  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
919 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MINNESOTA...  
 
ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON AFFECTING HOUSTON 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON BY 100 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
MNC055-041800-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-260706T0800Z/  
/HOUM5.1.ER.260704T0243Z.260704T1200Z.260705T2000Z.NO/  
919 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.7 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.5  
FEET ON 09/27/2010.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4382 9173 4379 9145 4376 9145 4375 9167  
4378 9173  
 

 
 
KDS  
 
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