Flood Warning
Flood Warning · Polk, IA; Story, IA
Last updated · source: NOAA / National Weather Service
This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Flood Warning issued July 4 at 4:51AM CDT until July 5 at 2:51PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Polk, IA; Story, IA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Area
- Polk, IA; Story, IA
- Began
- 2026-07-04 09:51 UTC
- Expected end
- 2026-07-05 19:51 UTC
Possible damage: watermold
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Affected areas & guides
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Polk, IA
Story, IA
Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Polk, IA; Story, IA), colored by its significance. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS DMX storm report
FLOOD — 3 ESE Ames, IA
I-35 northbound exit 111 ramp closed due to water flowing over the road.
- Storm report NWS DMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 WNW Maxwell, IA
Two-day storm rainfall totals reached up to 15 inches, causing widespread flash flooding. Water is covering roadways and has risen up to local homes. Report time is estimated.
- Storm report NWS DMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NW Colfax, IA
Delayed report. IA 117 closed due to standing water at mile marker 7.6 (between Co Rd F48 and I-80).
- Storm report NWS DMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 N Ames, IA
Roads flooded and people stranded.
- Storm report NWS DMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ESE Ames, IA
State radio relayed flooded on-ramp.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.