Weather Alerts for Floyd County

Issued by the National Weather Service

Flood Warning  FLOOD WARNING   Flood Warning
FLOYD COUNTY

Areas Affected:
Cerro Gordo, IA - Floyd, IA - Worth, IA
Effective: Thu, 5/9 5:33am Updated: Thu, 5/9 6:20am Urgency: Immediate
Expires: Thu, 5/9 5:45pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Observed

 
Details:
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa...

Winnebago River at Mason City affecting Cerro Gordo, Floyd and
Worth Counties.

Des Moines River at Fort Dodge affecting Webster County.

West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt affecting Humboldt County.

East Fork Des Moines River near Algona affecting Humboldt and
Kossuth Counties.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...The Winnebago River at Mason City, or from Beaver Creek
near Fertile...to the Shell Rock River near Rockford.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to late Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, Widespread flooding occurs at city parks.
Water reaches the underside of the 12th St NE bridge at the piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 4:30 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.2 feet and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this afternoon to a crest of 10.4 feet tomorrow morning.
It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning.
- Flood stage is 10.0 feet.

Information:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

For the latest river and stream observations and forecasts on the
Internet refer to https://water.noaa.gov.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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