Flood Watch
NWS Des Moines IA ยท US
Updated
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Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 1 PM CDT This 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 continues to be possible.
Where
Portions of north central and northeast Iowa.
When
Until 1 PM CDT this 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 1 to 3 inches are 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
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2WJJRF7AD981W3DD61KK3DV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5ad405249834efe455fd18b35b66b1942cb6e426.001.1
- 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.7464
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFADMX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KDMX 191014 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KDMX.FA.A.0014.000000T0000Z-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 |