514  
WGUS83 KDMX 191451  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
951 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
WINNEBAGO RIVER AT MASON CITY AFFECTING FLOYD, WORTH AND CERRO  
GORDO COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR THE LATEST STREAM OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
 
 
IAC033-067-195-201100-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250821T0000Z/  
/MCWI4.1.ER.250818T1739Z.250819T1030Z.250820T1800Z.NO/  
951 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THE WINNEBAGO RIVER AT MASON CITY, OR FROM BEAVER CREEK  
NEAR FERTILE TO THE SHELL ROCK RIVER NEAR ROCKFORD.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, SANDBAGGING OCCURS ON THE DIKE FROM 12TH  
ST NE TO CAROLINA ST.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:15 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.6 FEET  
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4331 9330 4308 9287 4300 9301 4326 9350  
 
 
 
JIMENEZ  
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