# Flood Warning: Polk, IA — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-09 02:22 ingested 2026-09-09 10:57

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## extract

Flood Warning — Polk, IA
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Iowa...

Walnut Creek at Des Moines 63rd St affecting Polk County.

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Walnut Creek at Des Moines 63rd St, or from 1 1/3 miles
upstream of North Walnut Creek to the Raccoon River.

* WHEN...Until this evening.

* IMPACTS...At 16.5 feet, The Grand Ave overhead gates are closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:16 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 15.2 feet, and rising.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.6 feet
early this morning. It will then fall below flood stage late this
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.