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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1120 AM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025

...The National Weather Service in Des Moines IA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...

  Winnebago River at Mason City affecting Worth, Cerro Gordo and
  Floyd Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For the latest stream observations and forecasts refer to
weather.gov/desmoines/water.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

River forecasts include observed precipitation plus forecast
precipitation over the next 24 hours.



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1120 AM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...The Winnebago River at Mason City, or from Beaver Creek
  near Fertile to the Shell Rock River near Rockford.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to early Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Widespread flooding occurs along the
  river. Some backwater effects are possible along Willow Creek
  between downtown Mason City and the confluence with the Winnebago
  river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:45 AM CDT Monday the stage was 9.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this afternoon to a crest of 11.9 feet early tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Thursday
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.


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LAT...LON 4331 9330 4308 9287 4300 9301 4326 9350


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Ansorge