Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
357 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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

  Cedar River at Cedar Falls affecting Black Hawk County.

  Shell Rock River at Shell Rock affecting Black Hawk, Bremer and
  Butler Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

River forecasts include observed precipitation plus forecast
precipitation over the next 24 hours.



&&

IAC013-017-023-071500-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0045.000000T0000Z-240708T0000Z/
/SHRI4.1.ER.240703T1100Z.240704T2015Z.240707T1200Z.NO/
357 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...

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

* WHERE...The Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, or from Flood Creek
  near Clarksville to the Cedar River.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    tomorrow morning and continue falling and remain below flood
    stage.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.


&&

LAT...LON 4265 9249 4265 9255 4279 9272 4284 9269
      4269 9249


$$

IAC013-071500-
/O.CON.KDMX.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-240709T0400Z/
/CEDI4.2.ER.240624T1453Z.240626T1015Z.240708T1600Z.NO/
357 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY EVENING...

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

* WHERE...The Cedar River at Cedar Falls, or from the West Fork
  Cedar River to the Cedar Falls-Waterloo city limits.

* WHEN...Until late Monday evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 90.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to continue falling, and
    fall below flood stage Monday morning and continue falling
    and remain below flood stage.
  - Flood stage is 89.0 feet.


&&

LAT...LON 4256 9238 4251 9245 4258 9255 4262 9255
      4262 9241


$$

Castillo/KCM