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WGUS83 KARX 200135
FLSARX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
835 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY MORNING BY 1015 AM CDT.
MNC055-201515-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0049.260920T1200Z-260922T1800Z/
/HOUM5.1.ER.260920T1200Z.260921T0600Z.260922T0600Z.NO/
835 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.9 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.0
FEET ON 07/12/2000.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4382 9173 4379 9145 4376 9145 4375 9167
4378 9173
CECAVA
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