⚠️ Flood Warning – Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Lee, IA – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Flood Warning issued August 15 at 9:15AM CDT until August 17 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

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

Skunk River at Augusta affecting Des Moines, Henry IA and Lee
Counties.

* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Skunk River at Augusta.

* WHEN…From this evening to late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS…At 15.0 feet, Water overflows the south river bank near
the Perkins Road bridge at Augusta.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 13.4 feet.
– Forecast…The river will rise above flood stage late this
evening to 15.3 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall
below flood stage tomorrow evening to 7.9 feet early Friday
afternoon. It will rise to 8.0 feet Friday evening. It will then
fall again and remain below flood stage.
– Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

Instructions

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

The next statement will be issued by Sunday morning.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.