053  
WGUS43 KDMX 021011  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
511 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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.  
 

 
 
IAC013-022215-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-261003T2100Z/  
/HUDI4.2.ER.261002T0545Z.261002T1800Z.261003T1500Z.NO/  
511 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER CLOSES RANCHERO RD IN WATERLOO. SOME  
RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET, AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.5 FEET  
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4248 9228 4235 9247 4235 9253 4242 9253  
4253 9238  
 

 
 
DE BRUIN  
 
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