| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Warren |
| Effective | 9/9/2026, 7:06:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 9/10/2026, 3:15:00 AM CDT |
Flood Watch issued September 9 at 7:06AM CDT until September 10 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Details
…The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Flood
Watch for the following rivers in Iowa…
Middle River near Indianola affecting Warren County.
* WHAT…Flooding is possible.
* WHERE…Middle River near Indianola, or from Clanton Creek near
Spring Hill to the Des Moines River.
* WHEN…From this afternoon to Thursday morning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 6:15 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 15.6 feet, and rising.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached late this afternoon.
– Flood stage is 23.0 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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