301  
WGUS43 KDMX 030321  
FLWDMX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
1021 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
IOWA RIVER AT MARSHALLTOWN AFFECTING MARSHALL 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.  
 
 
 
IAC127-031530-  
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0038.261003T1000Z-261003T1900Z/  
/MIWI4.1.ER.261003T1000Z.261003T1200Z.261003T1312Z.NO/  
1021 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...IOWA RIVER AT MARSHALLTOWN, OR FROM MINERVA CREEK NEAR  
ALBION TO TIMBER CREEK NEAR LE GRAND.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS IOWA 14 NORTH OF THE RIVER AS  
WELL AS IOWA 330 SOUTH OF ALBION.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET, AND RISING.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 19.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4204 9297 4212 9308 4214 9302 4208 9277  
4197 9277  
 
 
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