⚠️ Flood Warning – Marion, IA; Polk, IA; Warren, IA – Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Flood Warning issued September 30 at 10:22PM CDT until October 4 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

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

South Skunk River at Colfax affecting Jasper, Marion and Polk
Counties.

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

North Raccoon River near Perry affecting Dallas County.

North River near Norwalk Hwy R57 affecting Warren and Polk
Counties.

South River near Ackworth affecting Warren County.

* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.

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

* WHEN…From Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS…At 25.7 feet, Water surrounds the base of Simon Estes
Amphitheater.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 10:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 17.3 feet, and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow evening to a crest of 25.9 feet early Friday afternoon.
It will then fall below flood stage Sunday morning.
– Flood stage is 24.0 feet.

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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.