077  
WGUS83 KARX 201127  
FLSARX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
627 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 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 THIS EVENING BY 930 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
MNC055-210230-  
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0049.260920T2248Z-260922T1800Z/  
/HOUM5.1.ER.260920T2248Z.260921T1800Z.260922T0600Z.NO/  
627 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 15.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
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 15.5  
FEET ON 09/27/2010.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4382 9173 4379 9145 4376 9145 4375 9167  
4378 9173  
 

 
 
KDS  
 
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