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River Flood Warning 44, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2026, 8:44 PM CDT for Floyd County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 9, 2026, 12:31 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2026, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2026, 12:31 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2026, 12:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Major
County Floyd County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Charles City (CCYI4).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05457700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Winneshiek | 13 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 28 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 30 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 17 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 11 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 50 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 22 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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.