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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
420 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024

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

  Winnebago River at Mason City affecting Floyd, Cerro Gordo and
  Worth Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

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.



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IAC033-067-195-031530-
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/MCWI4.1.ER.240703T0336Z.240704T0000Z.240705T2100Z.NO/
420 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...The Winnebago River at Mason City, or from Beaver Creek
  near Fertile to the Shell Rock River near Rockford.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Sandbagging occurs on the dike from 12th
  St NE to Carolina St.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 9.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 11.0 feet tomorrow evening.
    It will then fall below flood stage Friday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.


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


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Cogil