750  
WGUS43 KDMX 040917  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
417 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES IA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD AFFECTING STORY 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.  
 

 
 
IAC169-050530-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0007.260704T0917Z-260705T0850Z/  
/AMEI4.1.ER.260704T0753Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0249Z.NO/  
417 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD, OR FROM  
KEIGLEY BRANCH NEAR 170TH STREET TO IOWAY CREEK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.1 FEET, WATER AFFECTS RESIDENCES ALONG FREEL DR  
SOUTH OF LINCOLN WAY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.2  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4211 9361 4211 9355 4206 9358 4201 9356  
4201 9364 4207 9365  
 

 
 
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