Flood Watch
NWS Des Moines IA ยท US
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Details
Flood Watch In Effect From 7 PM CDT This Evening Through Saturday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, including the following counties, in north central Iowa, Butler, Cerro Gordo and Worth. In northeast Iowa, Black Hawk and Bremer.
When
From 7 PM CDT this evening through Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Training storms and heavy rainfall may lead to an increased potential for flash flooding. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches is expected, with locally higher amounts possible.
Instructions
For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to weather.gov/desmoines/water.
Affected areas
- Worth County, IA
- Cerro Gordo County, IA
- Butler County, IA
- Bremer County, IA
- Black Hawk County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Des Moines IA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TW47JTTRBSVWV649MPTZ0G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.063f540300a15ac5221f9c99dbd9692b067b2ef2.001.1
- 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.572
- 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 | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFADMX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KDMX 181822 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KDMX.FA.A.0014.260919T0000Z-260919T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T13:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Worth County, IA
- Cerro Gordo County, IA
- Butler County, IA
- Bremer County, IA
- Black Hawk County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019195 |
| SAME | 019033 |
| SAME | 019023 |
| SAME | 019017 |
| SAME | 019013 |
| UGC | IAZ007 |
| UGC | IAZ017 |
| UGC | IAZ027 |
| UGC | IAZ028 |
| UGC | IAZ039 |