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WGUS83 KDVN 161426
FLSDVN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
926 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...
SKUNK RIVER AT AUGUSTA AFFECTING LEE, DES MOINES AND HENRY IA
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY MONDAY MORNING.
IAC057-087-111-171400-
/O.EXT.KDVN.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-260817T1400Z/
/AGSI4.1.ER.260815T1630Z.260816T0115Z.260817T0600Z.NO/
926 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKUNK RIVER AT AUGUSTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, WATER OVERFLOWS THE SOUTH RIVER BANK NEAR
THE PERKINS ROAD BRIDGE AT AUGUSTA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:45 AM CDT SUNDAY WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.6 FEET SUNDAY,
AUGUST 23.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4091 9164 4095 9159 4088 9149 4088 9144
4076 9118 4076 9111 4072 9112 4070 9111
4067 9112 4070 9120 4074 9130 4081 9146
4083 9153
ERVIN
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