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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2026, 10:54 AM CDT for Polk County, Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2026, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 10:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Polk County, IA, Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 North River near Norwalk (NRWI4). The gauge peaked at 21.35 ft at Aug 17, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05486000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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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.