Flood Watch
NWS Des Moines IA ยท US
Updated
This event was updated at .
Details
Flood Watch Now In Effect From This Afternoon To Wednesday Evening
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
Overview
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Iowa... Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr affecting Polk County.
What
Flooding is possible.
Where
Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr, or from Walnut Creek to the Des Moines River.
When
From this afternoon to Wednesday evening.
Additional details
- At 10:47 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 9.9 feet, and rising. - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached late this afternoon. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
Instructions
If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding. 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.
Affected areas
- Polk County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Des Moines IA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2JWMTRSE6VWREWAHXEKCVNS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.afb5834b7fbf5a927a713fc9695e1ccf15efe896.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Des Moines IA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPDMX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5489
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8ed0be51d780241cfdfff49af18c09db8aadabff.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLA |
| NationalWeatherService | FLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFADMX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KDMX 151558 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KDMX.FL.A.0023.260915T2230Z-260917T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Polk County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019153 |
| UGC | IAZ060 |
- Polygons
- 41.56,-93.6 41.54,-93.68 41.59,-93.68 41.6,-93.61 41.56,-93.6