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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
451 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 US 30 AFFECTING POLK AND STORY
COUNTIES.
IOWAY CREEK AT AMES LINCOLN WAY 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.
IAC153-169-050600-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0009.260704T0951Z-260705T1951Z/
/AESI4.1.ER.260704T0826Z.260705T0000Z.260705T1350Z.NO/
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES US 30, OR FROM IOWAY CREEK
TO THE POLK-JASPER COUNTY LINE.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE SHADY GROVE TRAILER PARK
LOCATED AT 1006 S DAYTON AVE AS WELL AS THE RAILROAD JUST
NORTHEAST OF CAMBRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST BETWEEN
22.5 AND 23 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4201 9364 4201 9356 4176 9335 4168 9335
4180 9352
IAC169-042045-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0008.260704T0951Z-260704T2041Z/
/AMWI4.1.ER.260704T0902Z.260704T1300Z.260704T1440Z.NO/
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE IOWAY CREEK AT AMES LINCOLN WAY, OR FROM THE
STORY-BOONE COUNTY LINE TO THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.4 FEET, WATER AFFECTS LOWLANDS AROUND S 4TH ST.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 10.3 AND 10.8 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4207 9370 4211 9370 4209 9366 4205 9363
4201 9356 4201 9364 4203 9367
ANSORGE
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