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WGUS43 KDMX 230157
FLWDMX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
857 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

...The National Weather Service in Des Moines IA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...

  Cedar River at Waterloo affecting Black Hawk County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For the latest river and stream observations and forecasts refer to
weather.gov/desmoines/water.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

River forecasts include observed precipitation plus forecast
precipitation over the next 24 hours.

For the latest river and stream observations and forecasts refer to
weather.gov/desmoines/water.

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IAC013-231400-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0022.240523T1424Z-240524T1800Z/
/ALOI4.1.ER.240523T1424Z.240524T0000Z.240524T1200Z.NO/
857 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...The Cedar River at Waterloo, or from the Waterloo-Cedar
  Falls city limits...to Spring Creek near La Porte City.

* WHEN...From Thursday morning to early Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Many storm sewers are closed along Black
  Hawk Creek and the Cedar River. The Fletcher Ave levee gates are
  closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 11.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tomorrow morning to a crest of 13.6 feet tomorrow
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.


&&

LAT...LON 4256 9238 4238 9207 4230 9207 4230 9222
      4251 9245


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Castillo/Donavon