099  
WGUS83 KDMX 041151  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
651 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
BLACK HAWK CREEK AT HUDSON AFFECTING BLACK HAWK 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.  
 

 
 
IAC013-050800-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260705T1500Z/  
/HUDI4.1.ER.260704T1200Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0900Z.NO/  
651 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THE BLACK HAWK CREEK AT HUDSON, OR FROM THE BLACK  
HAWK-GRUNDY COUNTY LINE TO THE CEDAR RIVER IN WATERLOO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER CLOSES RANCHERO RD IN WATERLOO. SOME  
RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4248 9228 4235 9247 4235 9253 4242 9253  
4253 9238  
 

 
 
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