Pella, IA Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St, or from below the
Center Street dam to Runnells.

* WHEN...From Friday morning to Sunday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 25.7 feet, Water surrounds the base of Simon Estes
Amphitheater.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:15 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 19.2 feet, and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
tomorrow morning to a crest of 25.7 feet Saturday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 24.0 feet.


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...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...South Skunk River at Colfax, or from the Jasper-Polk County
Line to the Jasper-Marion County line.

* WHEN...From late Friday night to late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Water affects the earthen levee west of
town near the sewage disposal area. Evacuations may occur on the
northwest side of Colfax. Flooding occurs in Reasnor.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 14.2 feet, and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early
Saturday morning to a crest of 18.4 feet early Saturday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Saturday
evening.
- Flood stage is 18.0 feet.


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