489  
WGUS83 KDMX 050136  
FLSDMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
836 PM 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.  
 

 
 
IAC013-051930-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260705T1930Z/  
/HUDI4.1.ER.260704T1115Z.260705T0015Z.260705T1330Z.NO/  
836 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER CLOSES RANCHERO RD IN WATERLOO. SOME  
RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CRESTING NOW AND IS THEN EXPECTED TO  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING  
TO 8.4 FEET SATURDAY, JULY 11.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

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

 
 
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