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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1033 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER AT COLFAX AFFECTING MARION, POLK AND JASPER
COUNTIES.
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.
IAC099-125-153-050445-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-261005T0600Z/
/CFXI4.1.ER.261004T1800Z.261004T1800Z.261005T0000Z.NO/
1033 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH SKUNK RIVER AT COLFAX, OR FROM THE JASPER-POLK COUNTY
LINE TO THE JASPER-MARION COUNTY LINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS THE EARTHEN LEVEE WEST OF
TOWN NEAR THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL AREA. EVACUATIONS MAY OCCUR ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF COLFAX. FLOODING OCCURS IN REASNOR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET, AND FALLING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.0 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4141 9287 4159 9316 4168 9335 4176 9335
4170 9309 4151 9287
VORST
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