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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1113 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...The National Weather Service in La Crosse WI has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...

  Cedar River at Charles City affecting Floyd 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 Saturday morning at 1115 AM CDT.

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IAC067-221615-
/O.NEW.KARX.FL.W.0016.240622T2245Z-240625T1424Z/
/CCYI4.3.ER.240622T2245Z.240623T1800Z.240625T0224Z.NO/
1113 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE TUESDAY
MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Cedar River at Charles City.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to late Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Fourth Street at South Grand Avenue begins
  to flood. East Riverside Drive at Brantingham Streets are closed.
  Sandbag efforts begin along Chautauqua Avenue.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:30 PM CDT Friday the stage was 5.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 18.0 feet early Sunday
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    18.0 feet on 03/30/1962.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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


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Skow