339  
WGUS43 KARX 191321  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
821 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...  
 
CEDAR RIVER NEAR LANSING AFFECTING MOWER COUNTY.  
 
CEDAR RIVER AT AUSTIN AFFECTING MOWER 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 1130 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
MNC099-200430-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-260921T0251Z/  
/LANM5.2.ER.260919T1050Z.260920T0000Z.260920T1451Z.NR/  
821 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER NEAR LANSING.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.2 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY ROAD  
2 BRIDGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 7:30 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 19.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.0 FEET  
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.0  
FEET ON 09/24/2010.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4385 9298 4378 9293 4372 9295 4372 9297  
4385 9304  
 
 
 
MNC099-200430-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0048.260919T1648Z-260921T0832Z/  
/ASTM5.2.ER.260919T1648Z.260920T0600Z.260920T2032Z.NO/  
821 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT AUSTIN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, SERIOUS FLOODING IS LIKELY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 19.9 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.8  
FEET ON 09/23/2016.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4372 9295 4361 9297 4361 9299 4368 9299  
4372 9297  
 
 
 
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