968  
WGUS83 KDMX 060149  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
849 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.  
 

 
 
IAC013-062200-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260408T2100Z/  
/CEDI4.1.ER.260405T2022Z.260407T0000Z.260408T1500Z.NO/  
849 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 90.3 FEET, WATER AFFECTS RIVERSIDE DR SOUTH OF BEECH  
ST.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 89.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 90.3  
FEET TOMORROW 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  
 

 
 
ROTTER/DONAVON  
 
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