Heavy rain in north central Iowa this afternoon fell in the Cedar River basin. The 4-6″ of rain is enough for the river to rise pretty quickly and above flood stage. The image below shows where the radar estimates the heaviest rain to have fallen. Click here for the Cedar River forecast. If you want to see other rivers…there is a button on the right side of the blog that says “River Levels”.

Here are some rain totals I have found in eastern Iowa:
Osage: 4.20
Charles City: 2.18
Ionia: 2.15
Fairbank: 1.90
West Union: 1.63
Cresco: 0.82
Denver: 0.73
Waukon: 0.70
Harpers Ferry: 0.46
Arlington: 0.31
Guttenberg: 0.30″
Waverly: 0.24
Monona: 0.22
Waterloo (KWWL): 0.17
Cedar Falls: 0.15
Gladbrook: 0.10
Waterloo (Airport): 0.09

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Here is in Iowa, we know all too well what it is like to have water close roads, homes and business under water and farm land turned into a river. The Missouri River has been causing major flooding for a while and will for most of the summer. Here are some photos that show how bad it really is. Click on the photo to see many more photos.

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
1036 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A  
  
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
  IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARENGO...  
  KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIGOURNEY...  
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON...  
  
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT WEDNESDAY  
  
* AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER   
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE   
PAST HOUR IN NORTHWEST KEOKUK COUNTY...AND SOUTHWEST IOWA COUNTY.   
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN WASHINTON COUNTY.   
THIS HEAVY RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT   
WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AS WELL AS IN URBAN AREAS.  
  
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
  RIVERSIDE...KALONA...WILLIAMSBURG...VICTOR...PARNELL...NORTH  
  ENGLISH...MILLERSBURG...LADORA...CONROY AND AMANA.  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

Posted under Flooding, Update

Potential budget cuts in future years may result in the discontinuation of flood gages in the Mississippi River basin in Iowa, including central and eastern Iowa.  Any flood gage discontinuations may severely impact the National Weather Service’s ability to forecast and detect floods.

These flood gages are used not only by the National Weather Service, but also the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Iowa Department of Transportation, natural resources agencies, emergency management agencies and water intake owners such as municipal water supply, and power plants.

Many of the flood gages in central and eastern Iowa are funded by various partners in the public and private sectors, including the U.S. Geological Survey, Iowa Water Science Center and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District.

Please join us, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1-4 pm CDT on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Iowa City, IA to discuss these issues and identify potential solutions. We will meet at the Iowa National Guard Readiness center at 4540 Melrose Ave, Iowa City, IA.  Click here to see this location in Google Maps.

You can find more details on this meeting, as well as location and driving directions by downloading this flyer.  We hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please contact:

• Jeff Zogg, Hydrologist — Jeff.Zogg  at  noaa.gov

Posted under Flooding, NOAA

Major to record flooding is happening or about to happen along the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. Here are some photos around the Memphis, TN area Monday (5/2/11).

Click here to see the river stage along the Mississippi River at Memphis, TN.

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The photos below were taken Wednesday in Harpers Ferry by John Kerndt.

For the latest river levels and forecast along the Mississippi River click on the River Levels button to the right.

If you have any current Mississippi River flooding pictures e-mail me (schnack@kwwl.com) and I will post them here and may use them on TV.

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Taken by: Julie

The above photo was taken of Nobles Island near Harpers Ferry. The river will continue to go up through the weekend. More rain is in the forecast and can impact the river stage next week.

For the latest river levels and forecast along the Mississippi River click on the River Levels button to the right.

If you have any current Mississippi River flooding pictures e-mail me (schnack@kwwl.com) and I will post them here and may use them on TV.

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The Mississippi River remains out of its banks and it continues to rise.  Julie sent me the photo below of the Mississippi River flooding St. Feriole Island in Prairie du Chien, WI this afternoon.

The hydrograph this evening shows the stage of the Mississippi River at McGregor a little more than 2 feet over flood stage. The forecast has it reaching almost 23 feet by Monday. It may continue to get higher than that depending on any additional precipitation in the next week or two.

For the latest river levels and forecast along the Mississippi River click on the River Levels button to the right.

If you have any current Mississippi River flooding pictures e-mail me (schnack@kwwl.com) and I will post them here and may use them on TV.

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