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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2025, 11:03 AM CDT for Black Hawk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 22, 2025, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2025, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2025, 2:30 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2025, 9:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Black Hawk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Cedar Falls (CEDI4). The gauge peaked at 88.59 ft at Jun 22, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 85 ft
- Minor stage
- 89 ft
- Moderate stage
- 92 ft
- Major stage
- 94 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05463050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 16 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 16 hours 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk | 13 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 45 hr |
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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.