857  
WGUS83 KDVN 091435  
FLSDVN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
935 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 SATURDAY MORNING.  
 

 
 
IAC011-095-101445-  
/O.EXT.KDVN.FL.W.0083.000000T0000Z-261010T1745Z/  
/MROI4.1.ER.261001T1630Z.261009T1800Z.261010T0945Z.NO/  
935 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...IOWA RIVER AT MARENGO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* 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 FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.1 FEET  
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4189 9230 4187 9224 4185 9220 4181 9202  
4179 9190 4181 9185 4181 9183 4177 9183  
4177 9198 4181 9212 4182 9213 4184 9228  
4185 9230  
 

 
 
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