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WGUS43 KDMX 020839
FLWDMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
339 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
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.
IAC169-022045-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-261003T0000Z/
/AMEI4.1.ER.261002T0548Z.261002T1200Z.261002T1800Z.NO/
339 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.9 FEET, WATER AFFECTS WESTECH ENGINEERING LOCATED
AT 600 ARRASMITH TRL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.0 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4211 9361 4211 9355 4206 9358 4201 9356
4201 9364 4207 9365
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