River Flood Warning 32, NWS La Crosse, WI

635 
WGUS83 KARX 220141
FLSARX
 
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK IS RESULTING IN HIGH WATER
LEVELS ON MANY STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON THE ROOT RIVER
AT HOUSTON...CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY...AND THE UPPER IOWA RIVER
NEAR DORCHESTER. RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BOTH OBSERVED AND
FORECAST PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...DON/T DROWN.

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE .

&&

IAC067-221641-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130523T1048Z/
/CCYI4.3.ER.000000T0000Z.130521T0515Z.130522T1648Z.NO/
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...DROPPING BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...EVACUATION OPERATIONS BEGIN. LELAND AVENUE 
  FLOODS AND FLOODING ON PARK DRIVE IS LIKELY. 

&&
 
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255 4304 9273

$$

MNC055-221641-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-130523T1240Z/
/HOUM5.1.ER.130521T1203Z.130522T0600Z.130522T1840Z.NR/
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:45 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.6 FEET BY 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. 

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

$$

IAC005-221641-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130523T2256Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.130522T0141Z.130522T1200Z.130523T0456Z.NO/
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...IOWA HIGHWAY 76 SOUTH OF DORCHESTER MAY BE 
  THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4341 9161 4334 9161 4339 9152 4343 9123 4350 9125

$$

519 
WGUS83 KARX 221010
FLSARX
 
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
510 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

.FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY...THE
TREMPEALEAU RIVER IN THE DODGE AREA...AND FOR THE UPPER IOWA RIVER
NEAR DORCHESTER. 

THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BELOW. 

&&

IAC067-230110-
/O.CON.KARX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130523T1048Z/
/CCYI4.3.ER.000000T0000Z.130521T0515Z.130522T1648Z.NO/
510 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...DROPPING BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY MID DAY.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255 4304 9273

$$

WIC011-121-230110-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0033.130522T1007Z-130523T1801Z/
/DDGW3.1.ER.130522T0812Z.130522T1200Z.130523T0001Z.NO/
510 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE TREMPEALEAU RIVER AT DODGE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.04 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.1 FEET BY THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL AND MARSH LAND IS FLOODED. 

&&
 
LAT...LON 4404 9158 4420 9163 4423 9158 4422 9158 4402 9149

$$

IAC005-230110-
/O.EXT.KARX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130523T1837Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.130522T0248Z.130522T1200Z.130523T0037Z.NO/
510 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.0 FEET BY THIS
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4341 9161 4334 9161 4339 9152 4343 9123 4350 9125

$$

078 
WGUS83 KARX 221546
FLSARX
 
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1046 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

.THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY AND
THE UPPER IOWA RIVER NEAR DORCHESTER ARE CANCELLED.

RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BOTH OBSERVED AND FORECAST 
PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...DON/T DROWN.

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE .

&&

IAC067-221616-
/O.CAN.KARX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130523T1048Z/
/CCYI4.3.ER.000000T0000Z.130521T0515Z.130522T1331Z.NO/
1046 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CEDAR RIVER AT CHARLES CITY.
* AT 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 8:31 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 9.1 FEET BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING.

$$

IAC005-221616-
/O.CAN.KARX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130523T1837Z/
/DCHI4.1.ER.130522T0248Z.130522T1015Z.130522T1327Z.NO/
1046 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 8:27 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 10.7 FEET BY THURSDAY
  MORNING.


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
234 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

UPPER LOW WILL HAVE AT LEAST ANOTHER DAY OF IMPACT FOR THE
CENTRAL US. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS OVER...FOCUS WILL BE
ON RAIN CHANCES UNTIL WE ARE CLEAR OF THIS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION...
MAY HAVE SOME LIMITED FROST /YES...FROST/ TO DEAL WITH LATE IN THE
WEEK.

UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ALONG SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA BORDER
THIS AFTERNOON. QUASI-STATIONARY MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO FORM
CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN WHERE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER DEW POINTS ARE CREATING SOME MLCAPE. LOWER DEW POINTS BACK TO
THE SOUTHWEST MAY LIMIT ANY FORMATION GOING INTO THE EVENING.
MEANWHILE COOL CONVEYOR BELT OF PRECIPITATION ALSO WRAPPING AROUND
LOW BACK INTO THE DAKOTAS WITH LIGHT RAIN SHIELD.

WOULD THINK HIGHEST RISK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SPOTTY SHOWERS GOING
INTO TONIGHT WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AHEAD OF LOW...
BUT AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES WEDNESDAY...OVERALL RAIN THREAT SHOULD
BE ON THE RISE AREA WIDE. HAVE EVEN INCREASED RAIN CHANCES ON
WEDNESDAY AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TRANSITION INTO MORE OF AN OPEN WAVE
AND WESTERLIES MOVE IT EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL EVEN BE COOLER
ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW MOVES OVERHEAD. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME
LOCALES MISS THE 60 DEGREE MARK.

SHORT TERM RIDGE BUILDS IN FOR PROMISED COOLER AND DRIER DAY
ON THURSDAY...EVEN AS SUNSHINE PREVAILS. LOCATION OF RIDGE AXIS
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING COULD SETUP A BRIEF FROST THREAT...ESPECIALLY
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN /FAVORED COOLER SPOTS/ WHERE LOWS COULD REACH
MID 30S.

MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTING WARM FRONT RETURN BY END OF
THE WEEK COULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BUT QUITE A
BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS THAT FAR OUT WITH TREND TO BUILD MEAN
UPPER RIDGE OVER NATIONS MID-SECTION THROUGH WEEKEND. SHOULD ALSO BE
A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

LOTS OF ATTENTION ON HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST. MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE
HAS BEEN HINTING AT BUILDING OF UPPER RIDGE BUT DIFFER IN HANDLING
OF POSSIBLE CONVECTION ALONG WARM FRONT THAT SHOULD EXTEND FROM THE
DAKOTAS INTO ILLINOIS. LAST FEW ECMWF RUNS KEEP DRIER REGIME WITH
MINIMAL RAIN THREATS UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN SHORT WAVE ENERGY EJECTING
OUT OF WESTERN US TROUGH COMES IN. GFS SOLUTIONS KEEP THREAT FOR
RAIN CLOSER TO OUR AREA...BUT EVEN THAT SHOULD NOT TRANSLATE INTO
ALL DAY RAINS.

WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF RAIN CHANCES TREND DRIER AS WE GET
CLOSER...BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP SMALL RAIN THREATS IN FOR THE
WEEKEND. AGAIN...SHOWERS OR STORMS WOULD BE INTERMITTENT AT WORST
WITH A HIGHER THREAT ACROSS IOWA AND LOWER CHANCES INTO NORTH OR
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1245 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD. ALSO...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
TO IFR AT KRST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
MOVE EAST OUT OF THE DAKOTAS AND INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLAN ON CEILINGS IN THE
1500 TO 3000 FT RANGE TODAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE. RAIN
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH HIGHER CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY.
PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE LOW DRAWS CLOSER TO THE AREA
AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT. VISIBILITIES COULD FALL TO AROUND 4SM AT
KLSE AND TO AROUND 5SM AT KRST. LOOK FOR CEILINGS TO LOWER TO 700
FT AT KRST BY 13Z.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SHEA
LONG TERM....SHEA
AVIATION.....WETENKAMP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-221000-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOME AREA RIVERS ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY

RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO THE WEEKEND ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

WETENKAMP