240  
WGUS83 KDMX 042159  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
459 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
IOWAY CREEK AT AMES LINCOLN WAY 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.  
 

 
 
IAC169-042330-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260704T2330Z/  
/AMWI4.1.ER.260704T0902Z.260704T1615Z.260704T2057Z.NO/  
459 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...THE IOWAY CREEK AT AMES LINCOLN WAY, OR FROM THE  
STORY-BOONE COUNTY LINE TO THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.7 FEET, WATER AFFECTS W 190TH ST WHERE IT CROSSES  
IOWAY CREEK...WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH 510TH ST...OR 2 1/2  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILBERT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY  
EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN FALL TO 2.5 FEET SATURDAY, JULY  
11.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4207 9370 4211 9370 4209 9366 4205 9363  
4201 9356 4201 9364 4203 9367  
 

 
 
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