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WGUS83 KARX 191504
FLSARX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1004 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 LATE TONIGHT BY 115 AM CDT.
MNC055-200615-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0049.260920T0538Z-260923T0000Z/
/HOUM5.1.ER.260920T0538Z.260920T1800Z.260922T1200Z.NO/
1004 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 16.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.6
FEET ON 03/27/1950.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4382 9173 4379 9145 4376 9145 4375 9167
4378 9173
KDS
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