663  
WGUS63 KDMX 090821  
FFADMX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
321 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
IAZ028-047-092-100430-  
/O.EXA.KDMX.FA.A.0006.250809T1800Z-250811T1800Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BREMER-BOONE-TAYLOR-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOONE, LENOX, BEDFORD, WAVERLY, AND NEW  
MARKET  
321 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST IOWA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL IOWA, BOONE. IN  
NORTHEAST IOWA, BREMER. IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, TAYLOR.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE  
FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. A  
BAND OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR, ESPECIALLY  
TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE EVENT  
TOTALS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR THE LATEST WATERWAY OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.  
 
 
 
 
 
IAZ037>039-048>050-059>062-072>075-082>086-093>097-100430-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FA.A.0006.250809T1800Z-250811T1800Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-  
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-  
WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ADEL, PELLA, ALBIA, SEYMOUR, GRINNELL,  
CORYDON, LAMONI, REINBECK, WAUKEE, WATERLOO, ACKLEY, INDIANOLA,  
LEON, DYSART, WELLSBURG, TOLEDO, CRESTON, WINTERSET, DIKE, TRAER,  
KNOXVILLE, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, CENTERVILLE, GLADBROOK, AMES, IOWA  
FALLS, BLOOMFIELD, MARSHALLTOWN, OSKALOOSA, EARLHAM, NEWTON,  
MOUNT AYR, ALLERTON, GRUNDY CENTER, CEDAR FALLS, TAMA, ELDORA,  
CONRAD, PERRY, CARLISLE, HUMESTON, NORWALK, OTTUMWA, AND DES  
MOINES  
321 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON  
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND  
SOUTHEAST IOWA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL IOWA,  
DALLAS, GRUNDY, HARDIN, JASPER, MARSHALL, POLK, POWESHIEK, STORY  
AND TAMA. IN NORTHEAST IOWA, BLACK HAWK. IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA,  
APPANOOSE, CLARKE, DECATUR, LUCAS, MADISON, MAHASKA, MARION,  
MONROE, RINGGOLD, UNION, WARREN AND WAYNE. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA,  
DAVIS AND WAPELLO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE  
FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. A  
BAND OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR, ESPECIALLY  
TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE EVENT  
TOTALS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR THE LATEST WATERWAY OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.  
 
 
 
 
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