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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Des Moines, IA

August 19, 2025Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2025, 9:50 AM CDT for Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 19, 2025, 5:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2025, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2025, 5:48 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Shell Rock River at Shell Rock (SHRI4). The gauge peaked at 12.55 ft at Aug 20, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05462000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 1:32 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDMXAudubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 23 more7 hr
Aug 19, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.