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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood watch at Jul 3, 2026, 9:44 AM CDT for Poweshiek County, Tama County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 6, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2026, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2026, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Iowa River near Tama Hwy E49 (TMAI4). The gauge peaked at 12.26 ft at Jul 6, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05451770, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jul 3, 6:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 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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| Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story | 20 min |
| Jul 2, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 46 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:52 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk | 22 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Jasper, Polk | 12 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:16 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk | 24 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 7:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Marion | 37 min |
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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.