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WGUS83 KDMX 040024
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
724 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD AFFECTING POLK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
IAC153-041815-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260704T1806Z/
/DFMI4.2.ER.260703T1444Z.260704T0100Z.260704T1206Z.NO/
724 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.3 FEET, FLOODING IS OCCURING IN THE DOG PARK ON
HUBBELL AVENUE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FALLING AND IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4161 9357 4167 9358 4167 9352 4156 9350
4156 9355
ANSORGE
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