920  
WGUS63 KARX 091527  
FFAARX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1027 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
UPPER IOWA RIVER AT BLUFFTON AFFECTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.  
 
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY 130 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAZ010-100630-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.A.0019.260710T0600Z-260710T1400Z/  
/BLFI4.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1027 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT BLUFFTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY 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 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT, AT WHICH POINT THE RIVER WOULD BEGIN TO FALL.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4340 9197 4345 9197 4349 9186 4336 9181  
4334 9187  
 
 
 
KDS  
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