Flood Warning for Polk, IA
What: Moderate flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 16.0 feet, Water affects businesses and apartments east of E 33rd St near E Douglas Ave...E Euclid Ave and Hubbell Ave. Where: The Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd, or from below Interstate 80 to the...
Official alert brief
...The National Weather Service in Des Moines IA has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa... Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd affecting Polk County.
WHAT
Moderate flooding is forecast.
WHERE
The Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd, or from below Interstate 80 to the Des Moines River.
WHEN
From early this morning to this evening.
IMPACTS
At 16.0 feet, Water affects businesses and apartments east of E 33rd St near E Douglas Ave...E Euclid Ave and Hubbell Ave.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
At 12:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 3.8 feet. Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early this morning to a crest of 15.5 feet late this morning. It will then fall below flood stage this afternoon. Flood stage is 12.5 feet.
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to weather.gov/desmoines/water. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. River forecasts include observed precipitation plus forecast precipitation over the next 24 hours.