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WGUS83 KDMX 041226
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
726 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.
IAC099-125-153-050830-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0010.260704T1400Z-260708T1246Z/
/CFXI4.2.ER.260704T1800Z.260707T0000Z.260708T0215Z.NO/
726 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* 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 20.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS IOWA 14 SOUTH OF NEWTON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 20.1 FEET MONDAY EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4141 9287 4159 9316 4168 9335 4176 9335
4170 9309 4151 9287
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