Flood Warning: Polk, IA

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Flood Warning — Polk, IA Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. ...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.