Flood Warning
NWS Des Moines IA ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Afternoon To Wednesday Evening... ...Replaces River Flood Watch
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa... Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr affecting Polk County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr, or from Walnut Creek to the Des Moines River.
When
From this afternoon to Wednesday evening.
Impacts
At 13.5 feet, Water affects the low areas of Water Works Park.
Additional details
- At 1:32 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 12.0 feet, and rising. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 14.3 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K67EFVEH5TSCPH35KTKE11
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a647bfc7e4e9f7f58678d810ee1d3f0ba8a5aa88.001.1
- 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.1444
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWDMX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KDMX 151845 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0020.260915T1845Z-260917T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Polk County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019153 |
| UGC | IAC153 |
- Polygons
- 41.56,-93.6 41.54,-93.68 41.59,-93.68 41.6,-93.61 41.56,-93.6