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WGUS83 KDMX 211816
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
116 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS AFFECTING BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA
SHELL ROCK RIVER AT SHELL ROCK AFFECTING BLACK HAWK, BUTLER AND
BREMER 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.
IAC013-221430-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250823T1800Z/
/CEDI4.1.ER.250821T0438Z.250822T0000Z.250823T1200Z.NO/
116 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS, OR FROM THE WEST FORK
CEDAR RIVER TO THE CEDAR FALLS-WATERLOO CITY LIMITS.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 90.3 FEET, WATER AFFECTS RIVERSIDE DR SOUTH OF BEECH
ST.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 90.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 90.3
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 89.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4249 9247 4258 9255 4262 9255
4262 9241
IAC013-017-023-221200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250822T1200Z/
/SHRI4.1.ER.250820T0130Z.250821T0045Z.250822T0600Z.NO/
116 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE SHELL ROCK RIVER AT SHELL ROCK, OR FROM FLOOD CREEK
NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO THE CEDAR RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, SEEPAGE OCCURS IN SEVERAL BASEMENTS CLOSE
TO THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.1 FEET
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4261 9249 4265 9255 4282 9280 4286 9268
4269 9249
LEE
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