432
WGUS43 KDMX 011535
FLWDMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES US 30 AFFECTING STORY AND POLK
COUNTIES.
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD AFFECTING STORY 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.
IAC153-169-020345-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0035.261001T1748Z-261002T2200Z/
/AESI4.1.ER.261001T1748Z.261002T0000Z.261002T1600Z.NO/
1035 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES US 30, OR FROM IOWAY CREEK TO
THE POLK-JASPER COUNTY LINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 10:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.0 FEET, AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 23.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4201 9364 4201 9356 4176 9335 4168 9335
4180 9352
IAC169-020345-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0036.261001T1800Z-261002T1300Z/
/AMEI4.1.ER.261001T1800Z.261002T0000Z.261002T0720Z.NO/
1035 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH SKUNK RIVER NEAR AMES W RIVERSIDE RD, OR FROM KEIGLEY
BRANCH NEAR 170TH STREET TO IOWAY CREEK.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.9 FEET, WATER AFFECTS WESTECH ENGINEERING LOCATED
AT 600 ARRASMITH TRL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET, AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 13.4 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4211 9361 4211 9355 4206 9358 4201 9356
4201 9364 4207 9365
DONAVON
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page