⚠️ Flood Warning – Fillmore, MN; Mower, MN – Saturday, September 19, 2026

Flood Warning issued September 19 at 2:09AM CDT until September 19 at 6:00AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE…Northern Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota…
Northern Mower County in southeastern Minnesota…

* WHEN…Until 600 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 208 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain in trees
were washed down at highway 43 from south Rushford to Bratsberg.
Minnesota highway 16 between Wayland and Peterson has flooding
reported along the highway. Water is over the roadway at County
57 and Minnesota 56. due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly. Between 4 and 7.5 inches of rain have
fallen.
– Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Chatfield, Rushford, Grand Meadow, Lanesboro, Brownsdale, Wykoff,
Fountain, Lansing, Rushford Village, Washington, Racine,
Mayville, Dexter, Pilot Mound, Arendahl, Peterson, Waltham and
Whalan.
– This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 193
and 204.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.