| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Winneshiek |
| Effective | 7/9/2026, 10:27:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/10/2026, 1:30:00 AM CDT |
Flood Watch issued July 9 at 10:27AM CDT until July 10 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI
Details
…The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a Flood Watch
for the following rivers in Iowa…
Upper Iowa River at Bluffton affecting Winneshiek County.
Additional river and weather information is available at
www.weather.gov/lacrosse.
The next statement will be issued late tonight by 130 AM CDT.
* WHAT…Flooding is possible.
* WHERE…Upper Iowa River at Bluffton.
* WHEN…From late tonight to Friday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 12.0 feet, River is significantly outside of its banks
impacting both Bluffton Canoe Landings. Campgrounds along the river
in Bluffton are underwater.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 9:45 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 7.1 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached just after midnight
tonight, at which point the river would begin to fall.
– Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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