Flood Warning

Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
903 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

...The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Flood
Warning for all or portions of the following rivers in Iowa...West
Fork Des Moines River...

  Affecting the following counties in Iowa...Emmet

River forecasts include observed precipitation, as well as expected
precipitation over the next 24 hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you encounter a flooded area, turn around and find an alternate
route. Turn around, do not drown.

More information--including impact statements and crest
histories--is available on the Web at...  www.weather.gov/desmoines.
Click on the Rivers and Lakes link.

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IAC063-251402-
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/ESVI4.1.ER.180524T1800Z.180525T1800Z.180530T0600Z.NO/
903 AM CDT Thu May 24 2018

...Flood Warning in effect until early Wednesday morning...

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a
* Flood Warning for
  The West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville, or From the
  Iowa-Minnesota border...to near Wallingford.
* Until early Wednesday morning.
* At  8:00 AM Thursday the stage was 7.9 feet, or 0.1 feet below
  Flood Stage.
* Flood Stage is 8.0 feet.
* No flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...rise to Flood Stage this afternoon. Continue rising to
  8.9 feet, or 0.9 feet above Flood Stage, Friday afternoon. Then
  begin falling and go below Flood Stage early Wednesday morning.
* Impact...At 7.0 feet, Mike Mickelson Park South of Iowa 9 floods.
  North Riverside Park North of Iowa 9 floods. Backwater from the
  river causes School Creek to affect the low areas of Valley Drive.

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LAT...LON 4326 9483 4350 9491 4350 9485 4326 9471
      4326 9483

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