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WGUS83 KDMX 050302
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1002 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.
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.
IAC099-125-153-052315-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260707T1100Z/
/CFXI4.2.ER.260704T1207Z.260706T0000Z.260707T0500Z.NO/
1002 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 8:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.4
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
IAC153-169-051300-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260705T1248Z/
/AESI4.1.ER.260704T0826Z.260704T1800Z.260705T0648Z.NO/
1002 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 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 9:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.3 FEET
SATURDAY, JULY 11.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4201 9364 4201 9356 4176 9335 4168 9335
4180 9352
ANSORGE
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