Flood Watch

NWS Des Moines IA · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-09-17 11:24:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Watch Now In Effect Through Thursday Morning

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-09-16 17:25:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-16 17:25:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-17 13:30:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-17 15:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

What

Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of central and southern Iowa.

When

Through Thursday morning.

Impacts

Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

Additional details

- While showers are ongoing across parts of southern to central Iowa, a band of heavier rain is expected overnight. Already saturated conditions have lowered the needed rainfall for flash flooding impacts.

Instructions

For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to weather.gov/desmoines/water.

Affected areas

Audubon County, IA
Guthrie County, IA
Dallas County, IA
Polk County, IA
Jasper County, IA
Poweshiek County, IA
Cass County, IA
Adair County, IA
Madison County, IA
Warren County, IA
Marion County, IA
Adams County, IA
Union County, IA
Clarke County, IA
Lucas County, IA
Taylor County, IA
Ringgold County, IA
Decatur County, IA
Wayne County, IA

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Des Moines IA
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-16 17:25:17 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~18s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2NM0R08HRV60K4TFS5BM2AK
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1d189022ccb13fdfa051d55a7a3ea280474859df.002.1
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.7427
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
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WMOidentifier	WGUS63 KDMX 161725
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.KDMX.FA.A.0013.000000T0000Z-260917T1500Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-17T10:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Audubon County, IA
Guthrie County, IA
Dallas County, IA
Polk County, IA
Jasper County, IA
Poweshiek County, IA
Cass County, IA
Adair County, IA
Madison County, IA
Warren County, IA
Marion County, IA
Adams County, IA
Union County, IA
Clarke County, IA
Lucas County, IA
Taylor County, IA
Ringgold County, IA
Decatur County, IA
Wayne County, IA

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UGC	IAZ071
UGC	IAZ072
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