| Event | Flood Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Marshall, IA |
| Effective | 10/2/2026, 10:21:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 10/3/2026, 10:30:00 AM CDT |
Flood Warning issued October 2 at 10:21PM CDT until October 3 at 2:00PM 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…
Iowa River at Marshalltown affecting Marshall County.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Iowa River at Marshalltown, or from Minerva Creek near
Albion to Timber Creek near Le Grand.
* WHEN…From late tonight to Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS…At 19.0 feet, Water affects Iowa 14 north of the river as
well as Iowa 330 south of Albion.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 10:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 18.8 feet, and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tonight to a crest of 19.1 feet early tomorrow morning. It will
then fall below flood stage later tomorrow morning.
– Flood stage is 19.0 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.
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