⚠️ Flood Watch – Black Hawk – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Flood Watch issued July 2 at 2:19PM CDT until July 7 at 11:18AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

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

Cedar River at Cedar Falls affecting Black Hawk county.

Cedar River at Waterloo affecting Black Hawk county.

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

* WHAT…Flooding is possible.

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

* WHEN…From Saturday afternoon to late Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS…At 92.2 feet, Water affects the southeast corner of
Gateway Park.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 1:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 80.1 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached Saturday afternoon.
– Flood stage is 89.0 feet.

Instructions

If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding.

For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to
weather.gov/desmoines/water.

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

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