283  
WGUS83 KDMX 071734  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1234 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
...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.  
 

 
 
IAC013-080300-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260408T0300Z/  
/CEDI4.1.ER.260405T2022Z.260406T1400Z.260407T2100Z.NO/  
1234 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
 
 
* 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 THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 88.8 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE NORTH AND SOUTH LEGS OF  
COTTAGE ROW RD SOUTH OF SNAG CREEK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 89.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CRESTING AT 89.1 FEET EARLY THIS  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 89.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4249 9247 4258 9255 4262 9255  
4262 9241  
 

 
 
BURY  
 
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