NWS La Crosse WIFA.W 0015September 19, 2026
Flood Warning: Fillmore and Mower, MN
The National Weather Service office in La Crosse issued a flood warning for Fillmore and Mower in Minnesota, which was in force until 6:00 a.m. local time on September 19. It was the 15th areal flood warning the NWS office in La Crosse issued in 2026. Minnesota had 10 flood warnings in September 2026, against 9 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Minnesota's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, La Crosse WI
- Area
- Fillmore and Mower
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:09 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KARX FA.W 0015
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in Minnesota since 2008Every warning type in Minnesota
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The notice as issued
* 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
What the agency told people to do
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.