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WGUS43 KDMX 041139
FLWDMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
639 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 AT COLFAX AFFECTING POLK, JASPER AND MARION
COUNTIES.
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.
IAC099-125-153-050745-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0010.260704T1400Z-260708T1246Z/
/CFXI4.2.ER.260704T1400Z.260707T0000Z.260708T0645Z.NO/
639 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER AT COLFAX, OR FROM THE JASPER-POLK
COUNTY LINE TO THE JASPER-MARION COUNTY LINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.9 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE LEVEE NEAR THE IOWA 117
BRIDGE AS WELL AS THE FIRST TWO DOWNTOWN BLOCKS OF COLFAX ADJACENT
TO THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 20.9 FEET MONDAY EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4141 9287 4159 9316 4168 9335 4176 9335
4170 9309 4151 9287
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