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WGUS63 KDMX 100223
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
923 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA
DES MOINES RIVER AT OTTUMWA AFFECTING WAPELLO AND DAVIS 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.
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923 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 10.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS ALONG MOST OF
THE REACH BETWEEN OTTUMWA AND ELDON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:50 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...RISES ON THE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. THIS MORNING'S FORECAST SHOWED A CREST IN MINOR FLOOD
STAGE, BUT THIS EVENING'S FORECAST WOULD KEEP THE RIVER BELOW
MINOR FLOOD STAGE. WITH UNCERTAINTY IN RAIN AMOUNTS AND
PLACEMENT, HAVE MAINTAINED THE RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS
LOCATION FOR NOW.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4082 9218 4106 9259 4112 9248 4093 9218
ANSORGE
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