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WGUS83 KDMX 051426 RRA
FLSDMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
926 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER AT COLFAX AFFECTING JASPER, MARION 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.
IAC099-125-153-061030-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260707T1320Z/
/CFXI4.2.ER.260704T1207Z.260706T0000Z.260707T0720Z.NO/
926 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE 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 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.4
FEET THIS 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
DONAVON
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