River Flood Warning 39, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Aug 27, 2007, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2007, 6:40 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Flood severity

Minor

County Allamakee County, IA

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Upper Iowa River at Dorchester (DCHI4).

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

14 ft

Moderate stage

17 ft

Major stage

19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05388250, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS43 KARX 271707
FLWARX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 
1207 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  UPPER IOWA RIVER AT NEAR DORCHESTER ALONG HIGHWAY 76 AFFECTING
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY

...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE...

.HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. HERE IS THE LATEST STAGE AND FORECAST INFORMATION.

SAFETY MESSAGE...

IF YOU LIVE IN A THREATENED AREA...BE ALERT FOR HIGH OR RISING 
WATER...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS INTO FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...IT TAKES ONLY TWO 
FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST AUTOMOBILES...INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY 
VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

FOR THIS...AND A WEALTH OF OTHER RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION...
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT  WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE 
|

IAC005-280307-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0039.070827T1707Z-070829T0417Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.070827T1556Z.070828T0000Z.070828T1617Z.NO/
1207 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO CREST NEAR 15.0 FEET BY THIS 
  EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW 
  MORNING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...IOWA HIGHWAY 76 SOUTH OF DORCHESTER MAY BE
THREATENED
  BY FLOOD WATERS.
* AT 15.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS.
* AT 14.0 FEET...LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

000 
WGUS83 KARX 272340
FLSARX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
640 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR...
 
  UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76 AFFECTING ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
 

.RIVER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE...THEREFORE THE FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.


THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT FOR LOCATIONS 
LISTED ABOVE.

FOR THIS...AND A WEALTH OF OTHER RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION...
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT  WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE 
|

IAC005-280010-
/O.CAN.KARX.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070829T0417Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.070827T1556Z.070827T1800Z.070827T2037Z.NO/
640 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* AT 6PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET. 
* THE RIVER CRESTED AT 14.78 FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND FELL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EVENING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 

$$

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2007Every river flood warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.