Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Sep 21, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)

Expired

Sep 22, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Emergency

Flash flood emergency

Flood severity

None

County Floyd County, IA

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

844 
WGUS53 KARX 220111
FFWARX
IAC067-220900-
/O.NEW.KARX.FF.W.0045.160922T0111Z-160922T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
811 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FLOYD COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 806 PM CDT...LOCAL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED MOST ROADS ACROSS
  FLOYD COUNTY ARE UNDER WATER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST 5 TO
  9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ANOTHER 2 TO 4
  INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOODING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FLOYD COUNTY. THIS IS A
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLES CITY...NORA SPRINGS...ROCKFORD...RUDD...FLOYD...
  MARBLE ROCK...IDLEWILDE STATE PARK...CARRVILLE...FLOYD CROSSING...
  OAKWOOD...POWERSVILLE...ROSEVILLE AND MIDWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

&&

LAT...LON 4321 9302 4321 9282 4310 9255 4291 9256
      4291 9302

$$

AJ

404 
WGUS73 KARX 220636
FFSARX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
136 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016

IAC067-220900-
/O.CON.KARX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160922T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD IA-
136 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR FLOYD COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
FLOYD COUNTY...

AT 128 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS UNDERWATER.
RIVER GAUGES ARE SHOWING RAPID RISES ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS IN THE
COUNTY. 

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND TRAVEL IS
  NOT ADVISED. 

* THE SHELL ROCK RIVER...AND FLOOD CREEK WERE RISING RAPIDLY. 

* MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. A LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
  OSAGE TO DECORAH AT 130 AM...AND IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH TOWARD THE
  AREA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

&&

LAT...LON 4321 9302 4321 9282 4310 9255 4291 9256
      4291 9302

$$

DAB

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.