300  
WGUS83 KDVN 071446  
FLSDVN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
946 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
IOWA RIVER AT MARENGO AFFECTING IOWA AND BENTON COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM  
CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC011-095-081500-  
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/MROI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
946 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY  
SUNDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...IOWA RIVER AT MARENGO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE  
RIVER. WATER IS SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN PLACES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.9 FEET FRIDAY  
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4189 9230 4187 9224 4185 9216 4182 9206  
4181 9193 4182 9183 4176 9183 4176 9191  
4178 9210 4184 9230  
 
 
 
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