⚠️ Flood Watch – Polk; Warren; Marion – Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Flood Watch issued November 3 at 10:27AM CST until November 7 at 12:00PM CST by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

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

Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St affecting Marion, Warren
and Polk Counties.

Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr affecting Polk County.

* WHAT…Flooding is possible.

* WHERE…Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St, or from below the
Center Street dam to Runnells.

* WHEN…From Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 10:15 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 15.2 feet, and rising.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached Friday afternoon.
– Flood stage is 24.0 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 48 hours.

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