Flood Potential Outlook
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1052 AM CDT MON MAY 20 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...WINNEBAGO RIVER...

  AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...CERRO GORDO...FLOYD...
  WORTH

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 .

IAC033-067-195-211552-
1052 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

OUTLOOK INFORMATION FOR
  THE WINNEBAGO RIVER AT MASON CITY...OR FROM BEAVER CREEK NEAR
  FERTILE...TO THE SHELL ROCK RIVER NEAR ROCKFORD.
* AT 10:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET...OR 0.6 FEET BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER MAY RISE TO FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. THE
  RIVER MAY THEN RISE TO 10.1 FEET...OR 0.1 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
  STAGE...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER MAY GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT  10.0 FEET...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CITY PARKS
  AND WATER REACHES THE UNDERSIDE OF THE 12TH STREET. NORTHEAST
  BRIDGE AT THE PIERS.

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LAT...LON 4314 9302 4301 9302 4328 9350 4329 9328

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