565  
WGUS43 KARX 191123  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
623 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...  
 
ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON AFFECTING HOUSTON COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
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 THIS EVENING BY 930 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
MNC055-200230-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0049.260920T0417Z-260922T0900Z/  
/HOUM5.1.ER.260920T0417Z.260920T1800Z.260921T2100Z.NO/  
623 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY 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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