| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Black Hawk |
| Effective | 7/8/2026, 9:03:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/9/2026, 5:15:00 PM CDT |
Flood Watch issued July 8 at 9:03PM CDT until July 13 at 2:48PM 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 Janesville affecting Bremer and Black Hawk
counties.
Cedar River at Cedar Falls affecting Black Hawk county.
Cedar River at Waterloo affecting Black Hawk county.
.Very heavy rainfall over southern Minnesota and portions of north
central and northeast Iowa will lead to significant rises along the
Cedar River basin.
* 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 morning to early Monday afternoon.
* IMPACTS…At 91.2 feet, Water affects portions of Lake St.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 83.6 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached late Saturday morning.
– Flood stage is 89.0 feet.
Instructions
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.
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