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WGUS43 KDMX 010152
FLWDMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
852 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
BLACK HAWK CREEK AT HUDSON AFFECTING BLACK HAWK 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.
IAC013-011400-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0029.261001T2136Z-261003T2100Z/
/HUDI4.2.ER.261001T2136Z.261002T1200Z.261003T1500Z.NO/
852 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK HAWK CREEK AT HUDSON, OR FROM THE BLACK HAWK-GRUNDY
COUNTY LINE TO THE CEDAR RIVER IN WATERLOO.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER CLOSES RANCHERO RD IN WATERLOO. SOME
RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET, AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.5 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4248 9228 4235 9247 4235 9253 4242 9253
4253 9238
WYSS/FOWLE
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