225  
WGUS43 KDMX 281700  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1100 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2023  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES IA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS AFFECTING BLACK HAWK COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
IAC013-010500-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0004.230301T1115Z-230303T0143Z/  
/CEDI4.1.ER.230301T1115Z.230302T0000Z.230302T1942Z.NO/  
1100 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 89.7 FEET, WATER COVERS THE ROAD AT 1712 AND 1118  
COTTAGE ROW ROAD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 85.5 FEET AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 89.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 89.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4251 9245 4258 9255 4262 9255  
4262 9241  
 

 
 
CASTILLO/ZOGG  
 
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