Flood Potential Outlook
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR POTENTIAL RIVER FLOODING...FOR ALL OR
PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...CEDAR RIVER...

  AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...BLACK HAWK

MELTING SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND WILL CAUSE THE
CEDAR RIVER TO RISE TO NEAR OR POSSIBLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE NEXT WEEK
IN THE CEDAR FALLS AND WATERLOO AREA.

THIS HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK IS BASED ON BOTH OBSERVED AND FORECAST
PRECIPITATION. THE RIVERS MAY RESPOND DIFFERENTLY THAN INDICATED...
IF ACTUAL PRECIPITATION IS GREATER OR LESS THAN EXPECTED.

LATER STATEMENTS...POSSIBLY WARNINGS...WILL BE ISSUED AS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

MORE INFORMATION IS AT  WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES .

IAC013-042249-
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

OUTLOOK INFORMATION FOR
  THE CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR FALLS...OR FROM THE WEST FORK CEDAR
  RIVER...TO THE CEDAR FALLS-WATERLOO CITY LIMITS.
* AT  4:45 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 82.5 FEET...OR 5.5 FEET BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 88.0 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER MAY RISE TO FLOOD STAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE
  RIVER MAY THEN RISE TO 89.2 FEET...OR 1.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
  STAGE...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER MAY GO BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT  89.0 FEET...WATER IS AT THE AT EDGE OF 1712 COTTAGE
  ROW ROAD. THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TOURIST PARK FLOODS.

&&

LAT...LON 4255 9255 4264 9255 4264 9233 4255 9236

$$

IAC013-042249-
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

OUTLOOK INFORMATION FOR
  THE CEDAR RIVER AT WATERLOO...OR FROM THE WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS CITY
  LIMITS...TO SPRING CREEK NEAR LA PORTE CITY.
* AT  5:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET...OR 5.3 FEET BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING...AND NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE TO 11.4 FEET...OR 1.6 FEET BELOW FLOOD STAGE...ON
  WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACT...AT  10.0 FEET...STORM SEWERS ARE CLOSED BEHIND THE CATTLE
  CONGRESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4255 9252 4230 9222 4230 9207 4238 9207 4255 9236

$$

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