⚠️ Flood Watch – Black Hawk – Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Flood Watch issued July 8 at 9:03PM CDT until July 12 at 9:00PM 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 Janesville affecting Bremer and Black Hawk
counties.

Cedar River at Cedar Falls affecting Black Hawk county.

Cedar River at Waterloo affecting Black Hawk county.

.Very heavy rainfall over southern Minnesota and portions of north
central and northeast Iowa will lead to significant rises along the
Cedar River basin.

* 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 Sunday morning to late Sunday evening.

* 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 8:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 8.1 feet.
– Forecast…Flood stage may be reached late Sunday morning.
– 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.