| Event | Flood Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Wapello; Appanoose; Davis |
| Effective | 8/5/2026, 2:14:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/5/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT |
Flood Watch issued August 5 at 2:14AM CDT until August 5 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Details
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE…Portions of southeast Iowa.
* WHEN…Through early this evening.
* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Rainfall Tuesday evening has primed this area relative to
other areas of southern Iowa. If rainfall rounds repeat over
this area through early this evening, this may result in
isolated flash flooding.
Instructions
For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to
weather.gov/desmoines/water.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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