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EXPIRED8/2/2025 8:58:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
8/2/2025 8:58:00 AM until 8/3/2025 9:00:00 AM
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
The next statement will be issued bySunday morning at 900 AM CDT.
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Iowa...
Wapsipinicon River near De Witt 4S affecting Clinton and Scott
Counties.
Wapsipinicon River near Anamosa Shaw Rd affecting Linn, Cedar and
Jones Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wapsipinicon River near De Witt 4S.
* WHEN...Until late Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 12.5 feet, Major Flood Stage. Water affects old U.S.
Highway 61 near the river.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 11.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.5
feet Wednesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage
early Friday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.