Flood Warning: Polk, IA

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Flood Warning — Polk, IA Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. ...The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa... Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr affecting Polk County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr, or from Walnut Creek to the Des Moines River. * WHEN...From late tonight to Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...At 13.3 feet, SW 30th St is closed from George Flagg Parkway to Bell Ave. George Flagg Parkway is closed from SW 30th St to SW 28th St. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:47 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 11.2 feet, and rising. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 13.1 feet early Friday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

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