990  
WGUS43 KDMX 011541  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1041 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
IAC013-023-075-171-021545-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FA.W.0008.261001T1541Z-261002T1545Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BLACK HAWK IA-BUTLER IA-GRUNDY IA-TAMA IA-  
1041 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FRIDAY  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...  
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...  
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...  
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEVERAL  
STRUCTURES ARE FLOODED AND NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO  
FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1040 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE  
WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 2 AND 4  
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, GRUNDY CENTER, EVANSDALE, HUDSON,  
REINBECK, DIKE, ELK RUN HEIGHTS, UNI-DOME AND MCLEOD CENTER,  
WATERLOO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CROSSROADS MALL, WASHBURN, DUNKERTON,  
RAYMOND, WELLSBURG, NEW HARTFORD, HOLLAND, STOUT AND MORRISON.  
- THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 73.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4228 9277 4225 9300 4246 9300 4264 9239  
4264 9208 4247 9208 4232 9253  
 
 
 
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