# 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 04:59 ingested 2026-09-09 10:56

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## extract

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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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.