| Event | Flood Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Black Hawk, IA |
| Effective | 9/30/2026, 8:52:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 10/1/2026, 9:00:00 AM CDT |
Flood Warning issued September 30 at 8:52PM CDT until October 3 at 4:00PM 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…
Black Hawk Creek at Hudson affecting Black Hawk County.
* WHAT…Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Black Hawk Creek at Hudson, or from the Black Hawk-Grundy
County line to the Cedar River in Waterloo.
* WHEN…From Thursday afternoon to Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS…At 16.0 feet, Water closes Ranchero Rd in Waterloo. Some
residential evacuations may occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 10.1 feet, and rising.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 16.5 feet Friday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage late Saturday morning.
– Flood stage is 15.0 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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