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WGUS43 KDMX 050236
FLWDMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
936 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES IA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS AFFECTING BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
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.
IAC013-052245-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0001.260405T1500Z-260408T2025Z/
/CEDI4.1.ER.260405T1500Z.260407T0000Z.260408T1424Z.NO/
936 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...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...FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 91.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS BIG WOODS RD SOUTH OF
DUNKERTON RD AS WELL AS THE NORTH PARKING LOT OF ISLAND PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 86.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 90.8 FEET MONDAY EVENING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 89.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4249 9247 4258 9255 4262 9255
4262 9241
DONAVON
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