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⚠️ Flood Warning – Cedar, IA; Jones, IA; Linn, IA – Friday, July 3, 2026

Event Flood Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely
Area Cedar, IA; Jones, IA; Linn, IA
Effective 7/3/2026, 8:37:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/4/2026, 8:45:00 PM CDT

Flood Warning issued July 3 at 8:37PM CDT until July 7 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

…The National Weather Service in Quad Cities IA IL has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa…

Wapsipinicon River near Anamosa Shaw Rd affecting Linn, Cedar and
Jones Counties.

* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Wapsipinicon River near Anamosa Shaw Rd.

* WHEN…From Saturday evening to late Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS…At 14.7 feet, Water affects the Camelot Campground.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:15 PM CDT Friday the stage was 11.4 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow evening to a crest of 15.5 feet Sunday evening. It
will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday afternoon.
– Flood stage is 14.5 feet.

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/quadcities.

The next statement will be issued by Saturday evening at 845 PM CDT.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.