⚠️ Flood Watch – Taylor; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose – Thursday, August 13, 2026

Flood Watch issued August 13 at 2:09PM CDT until August 15 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE…Portions of south central and southwest Iowa, including
the following counties, in south central Iowa, Appanoose, Decatur,
Ringgold and Wayne. In southwest Iowa, Taylor.

* WHEN…Through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks, and flooding is
also possible in larger rivers as well. Flooding may occur in poor
drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Several rounds of rain have occurred this week with more rain
to come from tonight through Saturday morning with the
potential to repeat over the same area leading to rain
quickly accumulating as well as high rain rates of 1 to 2
inches per hour.

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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.