927 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS…WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING FREMONT COUNTY. EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY. NISHNABOTNA RIVER NEAR HAMBURG AFFECTING FREMONT COUNTY.

THE WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RANDOLPH….
* AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.8 FEET…OR 1.8 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 22.1 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW.
* IMPACT…AT 22.0 FEET…COUNTY ROAD L-68 LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
RANDOLPH BEGINS TO FLOOD.

THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER NEAR HAMBURG….
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.8 FEET…OR 2.2 FEET BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 27.1 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 27.0 FEET…STATE HIGHWAY 275 SOUTH OF THE GAGE MAY BE
THREATENED IN SEVERAL SPOTS.

THE EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK…..
* AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET…OR 2.2 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.7 FEET BY THIS
EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT…AT 20.0 FEET…LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE WEST BANK.
THE NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA…..
* AT 8:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.0 FEET…OR 1.0 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.4 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 24.0 FEET…ADDITIONAL LOWLANDS, SOME FARMLANDS, AND
COUNTY ROADS FLOOD.