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WGUS83 KDMX 040951
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
IAC169-050600-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260705T1545Z/
/AMEI4.1.ER.260704T0753Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0945Z.NO/
451 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* 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...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.1 FEET, WATER AFFECTS RESIDENCES ALONG FREEL DR
SOUTH OF LINCOLN WAY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST BETWEEN
14 AND 14.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4211 9361 4211 9355 4206 9358 4201 9356
4201 9364 4207 9365
ANSORGE
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