Flood Warning

...The National Weather Service in Quad Cities IA IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...

Skunk River at Augusta affecting Lee, Henry IA and Des Moines Counties.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Skunk River at Augusta.

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to early Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Water overflows the south river bank near the Perkins Road bridge at Augusta.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 12.1 feet and rising rapidly. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 15.5 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday afternoon. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.