| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Worth; Cerro Gordo; Floyd |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 2:21:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/3/2026, 10:30:00 AM CDT |
Flood Watch issued July 2 at 2:21PM 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…
Iowa River near Rowan affecting Wright and Franklin Counties.
Cedar River at Janesville affecting Black Hawk and Bremer
counties.
Winnebago River at Mason City affecting Floyd, Worth and Cerro
Gordo counties.
* WHAT…Flooding is possible.
* WHERE…The Winnebago River at Mason City, or from Beaver Creek
near Fertile to the Shell Rock River near Rockford.
* WHEN…From this afternoon until further notice.
* IMPACTS…At 8.0 feet, Water affects east and west city parks in
the 12th St NE area.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 1:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 5.4 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached based on the latest
forecast information.
– Flood stage is 10.0 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.
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