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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1031 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2018
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...WEST
FORK DES MOINES RIVER...
AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...EMMET
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION, AS WELL AS EXPECTED
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED AREA, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE. TURN AROUND, DO NOT DROWN.
MORE INFORMATION--INCLUDING IMPACT STATEMENTS AND CREST
HISTORIES--IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.
CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES LINK.
IAC063-111531-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0101.181010T1638Z-181015T0000Z/
/ESVI4.1.ER.181010T1638Z.181012T1200Z.181014T0000Z.NO/
1031 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2018
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER AT ESTHERVILLE, OR FROM THE
IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER...TO NEAR WALLINGFORD.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET, OR 0.1 FEET BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE TO FLOOD STAGE MIDDAY TODAY. CONTINUE RISING TO 8.2
FEET, OR 0.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE, FRIDAY MORNING. THEN BEGIN
FALLING AND GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET, MIKE MICKELSON PARK SOUTH OF IOWA 9 FLOODS.
NORTH RIVERSIDE PARK NORTH OF IOWA 9 FLOODS. BACKWATER FROM THE
RIVER CAUSES SCHOOL CREEK TO AFFECT THE LOW AREAS OF VALLEY DRIVE.
LAT...LON 4326 9483 4350 9491 4350 9485 4326 9471
4326 9483
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