July 12, 2026

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⚠️ Flood Watch – Black Hawk – Sunday, July 12, 2026

Event Flood Watch
Severity Severe
Urgency Future
Certainty Possible
Area Black Hawk
Effective 7/12/2026, 9:53:00 AM CDT
Expires 7/13/2026, 6:00:00 AM CDT

Flood Watch issued July 12 at 9:53AM CDT until July 13 at 7:00AM 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 Waterloo affecting Black Hawk county.

* WHAT…Flooding is possible.

* WHERE…The Cedar River at Waterloo, or from the Waterloo-Cedar
Falls city limits to Spring Creek near La Porte City.

* WHEN…From late tonight to tomorrow morning.

* IMPACTS…At 13.0 feet, Many storm sewers are closed along Black
Hawk Creek and the Cedar River. The Fletcher Ave levee gates are
closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 9:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 11.9 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached just after midnight
tonight.
– Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Instructions

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.