| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Butler; Bremer; Black Hawk |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 2:19:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/3/2026, 10:30:00 AM CDT |
Flood Watch issued July 2 at 2:19PM CDT until July 5 at 1:00AM 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…
Cedar River at Cedar Falls affecting Black Hawk county.
Cedar River at Waterloo affecting Black Hawk county.
Shell Rock River at Shell Rock affecting Black Hawk, Bremer and
Butler counties.
* WHAT…Flooding is possible.
* WHERE…The Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, or from Flood Creek
near Clarksville to the Cedar River.
* WHEN…From late Friday night to early Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS…At 12.0 feet, Water affects S Prairie St.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 1:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 8.2 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached early Saturday morning.
– Flood stage is 12.0 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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