882  
WGUS43 KARX 191323  
FLWARX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
823 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 SPILLVILLE AFFECTING WINNESHIEK COUNTY.  
 
TURKEY RIVER AT GARBER AFFECTING CLAYTON COUNTY.  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION 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 1130 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
IAC191-200430-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0051.260919T2006Z-260920T2000Z/  
/SPLI4.2.ER.260919T2006Z.260920T0000Z.260920T0821Z.NO/  
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT SPILLVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT LOWER PORTIONS OF  
CAMPSITES AT RIVERSIDE PARK CAMPGROUND. ADDITIONAL WATER BEGINS TO  
WRAP AROUND PORTIONS OF RIVERSIDE PARK, REACHING THE BASEBALL FIELD  
BLEACHERS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 11.4 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.4  
FEET ON 06/10/2020.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4328 9206 4328 9199 4321 9190 4317 9192  
4317 9198  
 

 
 
IAC043-200430-  
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0052.260919T2008Z-260922T0600Z/  
/GRBI4.3.ER.260919T2008Z.260920T1200Z.260921T1800Z.NO/  
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE MONDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT GARBER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, THE EARTHEN LEVEE AT ELKPORT IS THREATENED,  
JUST UPSTREAM OF GARBER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:15 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 26.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 25.6  
FEET ON 09/23/2016.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4280 9136 4284 9134 4269 9096 4272 9131  
 

 
 
IAC043-200430-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0050.260919T1323Z-260922T0330Z/  
/EKDI4.3.ER.260919T1141Z.260920T0600Z.260921T1530Z.NO/  
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 7:45 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.2 FEET  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE MONDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.9  
FEET ON 08/30/2021.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
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