032  
WGUS43 KDMX 010136  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
836 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER NEAR ATLANTIC AFFECTING CASS COUNTY.  
 
THOMPSON RIVER AT DAVIS CITY AFFECTING DECATUR COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
FOR THE LATEST STREAM OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO  
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  
 
 
 
IAC029-011345-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0027.261001T1108Z-261002T0800Z/  
/ATCI4.1.ER.261001T1108Z.261001T1800Z.261002T0207Z.NO/  
836 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER NEAR ATLANTIC, OR FROM TROUBLESOME  
CREEK NEAR ATLANTIC TO INDIAN CREEK NEAR LEWIS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 22.8 FEET, WATER AFFECTS LANSING RD ON BOTH SIDES OF  
THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET, AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 22.0 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4128 9507 4124 9515 4131 9515 4144 9505  
4143 9495  
 
 
 
IAC053-011345-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0028.261002T0900Z-261003T0800Z/  
/DVSI4.1.ER.261002T0900Z.261002T1800Z.261003T0200Z.NO/  
836 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THOMPSON RIVER AT DAVIS CITY, OR FROM THE CITY OF GRAND  
RIVER TO THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURS AT THE DAVIS  
CITY PARK INCLUDING THE CAMPGROUNDS. WATER AFFECTS HWY R15 JUST  
NORTH OF THE TOWN OF GRAND RIVER IN NORTHWEST DECATUR COUNTY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET, AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 12.4 FEET EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4058 9386 4083 9401 4085 9387 4058 9373  
 
 
 
WYSS/FOWLE  
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