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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
437 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
IOWA RIVER NEAR TAMA HWY E49 AFFECTING POWESHIEK AND TAMA COUNTIES.
RACCOON RIVER AT DES MOINES FLEUR DR AFFECTING POLK 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.
IAC157-171-052145-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-261006T1400Z/
/TMAI4.1.ER.261004T1730Z.261005T1800Z.261006T0800Z.NO/
437 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...IOWA RIVER NEAR TAMA HWY E49, OR FROM TIMBER CREEK NEAR LE
GRAND TO SALT CREEK NEAR BELLE PLAINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.8 FEET, WATER AFFECTS PORTIONS OF C AVE AND D AVE
FROM US 30 TO THE SOUTH.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.8 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
LAT...LON 4197 9277 4208 9277 4192 9230 4181 9230
IAC153-052145-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-261006T0336Z/
/DEMI4.1.ER.261002T0628Z.261003T0602Z.261005T2136Z.NO/
437 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RACCOON RIVER AT DES MOINES FLEUR DR, OR FROM WALNUT CREEK
TO THE DES MOINES RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.3 FEET, SW 30TH ST IS CLOSED FROM GEORGE FLAGG
PARKWAY TO BELL AVE. GEORGE FLAGG PARKWAY IS CLOSED FROM SW 30TH ST
TO SW 28TH ST.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:17 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET, AND FALLING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.2 FEET SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4156 9360 4154 9368 4159 9368 4160 9361
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