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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
352 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa...

  East Fork Des Moines River near Algona affecting Humboldt and
  Kossuth Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

For the latest river and stream observations and forecasts on the
Internet refer to https://water.noaa.gov.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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IAC091-109-050900-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240508T1800Z/
/AGNI4.1.ER.240503T1100Z.240505T1800Z.240508T1200Z.NO/
352 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...The East Fork Des Moines River near Algona, or from
  Buffalo Creek near Burt...to Lotts Creek near Livermore.

* WHEN...Until early Wednesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, US 169 is threatened near Saint Joseph and
  may be overtopped south of Algona.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 17.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 17.9
    feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage Wednesday late morning.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4288 9415 4288 9425 4307 9428 4320 9422
      4320 9414


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