748  
WGUS63 KDMX 102120  
FFADMX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
420 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
   
..THE FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA
 
 
CEDAR RIVER AT WATERLOO AFFECTING BLACK HAWK COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 

 
 
IAZ039-111730-  
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.A.0016.260710T2120Z-000000T0000Z/  
/ALOI4.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
420 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...THE CEDAR RIVER AT WATERLOO, OR FROM THE WATERLOO-CEDAR  
FALLS CITY LIMITS TO SPRING CREEK NEAR LA PORTE CITY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, MANY STORM SEWERS ARE CLOSED ALONG BLACK  
HAWK CREEK AND THE CEDAR RIVER. THE FLETCHER AVE LEVEE GATES ARE  
CLOSED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...RISES ON THE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW  
DAYS. THE RIVER MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4256 9238 4238 9207 4230 9207 4230 9222  
4240 9230 4249 9247  
 

 
 
TDR/AA  
 
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