477  
WGUS83 KDMX 071000  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
500 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
IOWA RIVER NEAR TAMA HWY E49 AFFECTING POWESHIEK AND TAMA  
COUNTIES.  
   
..THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.  
 
 
 
IAC157-171-080600-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0002.260408T0000Z-260408T0600Z/  
/TMAI4.1.ER.260408T0000Z.260408T0000Z.260408T0000Z.NO/  
500 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THE IOWA RIVER NEAR TAMA HWY E49, OR FROM TIMBER CREEK  
NEAR LE GRAND TO SALT CREEK NEAR BELLE PLAINE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, BACKWATER FROM THE IOWA RIVER COVERS  
PORTIONS OF BUSINESS 30 AND S PROSPECT DR IN TOLEDO.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.5  
FEET THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4197 9277 4208 9277 4192 9230 4181 9230  
 
 
 
IAC013-080600-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260408T1000Z/  
/CEDI4.1.ER.260405T2022Z.260406T1400Z.260408T0400Z.NO/  
500 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT  
 
* 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 LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 89.7 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE ROAD AT 1712 AND 1118  
COTTAGE ROW RD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 89.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 82.8 FEET MONDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 89.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4249 9247 4258 9255 4262 9255  
4262 9241  
 
 
 
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