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WGUS83 KDMX 042157
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
457 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER AT COLFAX AFFECTING JASPER, POLK AND MARION
COUNTIES.
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES US 30 AFFECTING STORY AND POLK
COUNTIES.
FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD AFFECTING POLK COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD AFFECTING STORY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FOR THE LATEST STREAM OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
IAC169-042300-
/O.CAN.KDMX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260704T2157Z/
/AMEI4.1.ER.260704T0753Z.260704T0930Z.260704T1304Z.NO/
457 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD, OR FROM KEIGLEY
BRANCH NEAR 170TH STREET TO IOWAY CREEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 4.5 FEET
SATURDAY, JULY 11.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4211 9361 4211 9355 4206 9358 4201 9356
4201 9364 4207 9365
IAC099-125-153-051800-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260707T1245Z/
/CFXI4.2.ER.260704T1207Z.260706T0000Z.260707T0645Z.NO/
457 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE EARTHEN LEVEE WEST OF
TOWN NEAR THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL AREA. EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF COLFAX. FLOODING OCCURS IN REASNOR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.5
FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4141 9287 4159 9316 4168 9335 4176 9335
4170 9309 4151 9287
IAC153-169-051545-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260705T1536Z/
/AESI4.1.ER.260704T0826Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0936Z.NO/
457 PM 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 US 30, OR FROM IOWAY CREEK
TO THE POLK-JASPER COUNTY LINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* 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 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.1
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4201 9364 4201 9356 4176 9335 4168 9335
4180 9352
IAC153-051800-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260705T2030Z/
/DFMI4.2.ER.260703T1444Z.260703T1900Z.260705T1430Z.NO/
457 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...THE FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD, OR FROM
BELOW INTERSTATE 80 TO THE DES MOINES RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.3 FEET, FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE DOG PARK ON
HUBBELL AVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FALLING LATE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT IS
EXPECTED TO SLIGHTLY RISE TO 14.3 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4161 9357 4167 9358 4167 9352 4156 9350
4156 9355
ANSORGE
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