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WGUS83 KDMX 031445
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
945 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD AFFECTING POLK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FOR THE LATEST STREAM OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
IAC153-040330-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260704T0320Z/
/DFMI4.2.ER.260703T1444Z.260703T1600Z.260703T2120Z.NO/
945 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD, OR FROM
BELOW INTERSTATE 80 TO THE DES MOINES RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.3 FEET, FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE DOG PARK ON
HUBBELL AVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.5
FEET LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4161 9357 4167 9358 4167 9352 4156 9350
4156 9355
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