870  
WGUS63 KDMX 091549  
FFADMX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1049 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES IA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
DES MOINES RIVER AT OTTUMWA AFFECTING DAVIS AND WAPELLO COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR THE LATEST WATERWAY OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 

 
 
IAZ086-097-101200-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.A.0030.250811T0237Z-250812T0345Z/  
/OTMI4.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1049 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO LATE MONDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...THE DES MOINES RIVER AT OTTUMWA, OR FROM MIDDLE AVERY  
CREEK NEAR CHILLICOTHE TO THE VAN BUREN COUNTY LINE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO LATE MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS ELDON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:20 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.5 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4082 9218 4106 9259 4112 9248 4093 9218  
 

 
 
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