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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service La Crosse WI

Issued by National Weather Service Des Moines IA

647 AM CDT Tue Aug 19 2025



...The National Weather Service in La Crosse WI has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...



  Turkey River at Elkader affecting Clayton County.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Additional river and weather information is available at 

www.weather.gov/lacrosse.



The next statement will be issued this evening at 700 PM CDT.



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IAC043-200000-

/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0029.250819T2230Z-250822T0418Z/

/EKDI4.1.ER.250819T2230Z.250820T1200Z.250821T1617Z.NO/

647 AM CDT Tue Aug 19 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY 

EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Turkey River at Elkader.



* WHEN...From this afternoon to late Thursday evening.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 5:45 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 8.9 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this afternoon to a crest of 14.3 feet tomorrow morning.

    It will then fall below flood stage late Thursday morning.

  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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

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