NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 1 at 2:34PM CDT until October 4 at 10:25PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa...
Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St affecting Marion, Warren
and Polk Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St, or from below the
Center Street dam to Runnells.
* WHEN...From Friday morning to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 25.7 feet, Water surrounds the base of Simon Estes
Amphitheater.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:15 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 19.2 feet, and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow morning to a crest of 25.7 feet Saturday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2156th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days