739  
WGUS43 KARX 191134  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
634 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER AFFECTING CLAYTON 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 945 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
IAC043-200245-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0050.260919T1539Z-260920T2200Z/  
/EKDI4.1.ER.260919T1539Z.260920T0000Z.260920T0941Z.NO/  
634 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN AREAS NEAR THE  
RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.6 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.8  
FEET ON 02/27/2023.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4294 9146 4284 9134 4280 9136 4293 9161  
4298 9161  
 

 
 
KDS  
 
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