Is Wisconsin going to have a derecho event tonight? My storm radar thinks so.
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Watch for floating debris.
Likely, but this isn't it. I don't think it was supposed to storm until middle of the night
If the Des Moines river/ Saylorville ever floods Ankeny or Johnston then you're going to need the Ark to survive.
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Officials in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota reported widespread damage and continuing danger. A bridge collapsed on Sunday and a dam was at risk on Monday.
I think the only part of Johnston that really floods are a few houses in the development by the Johnston soccer fields.
It's been 6 years since Saylorville's level was raised significantly. A lot of the beach has grown in with weeds/plants the last couple summers. It'll be nice to get some beach back if that vegetation gets wiped out.
Ankeny and Johnston…Minimal.
Downtown and Des Moines proper along the Des Moines River are the areas in trouble. In 1993 the Valley Junction area also flooded badly from the Racoon River, but I think that levee has been rebuilt bigger since then.
Areas that got smoked in SW WI the other night I think are getting it again.
Just moderate rain. They already canceled the severe warnings. Trees aren't even moving.
The Weather Gods do have a thing for Iowa this year. And by thing I don't mean a good thing. They might actually hate you people.
This is like a little appetizer. Mesoscale discussion seemed less confident overnight now. Idk, storm watch only goes til 1 and I thought the main thing wasn't til 2-3.
He poops into it and it flows north and into the Minnesota River that in turn dumps his poo into the Miss River to flow back past Iowa. Not his part of Iowa so no worries ?
Ankeny is a higher elevation (for the most part) than the dam. Parts of Johnston on the other would be proper Facked
The only homes that might be affected in Johnston would be the ones right by the soccer fields. Those are relatively new builds so I can't imagine they would have built them if they were in any flood danger?
Other than that there's not really much else in Johnston except for those industries south of Saylorville and north of I-80. I've seen that area underwater a couple of times in my life including the little league fields there just off I-80.
If the water ever gets high enough to flood up to those businesses on NW Beaver then RIP to a large portion of the Des Moines metro.
Don't know about the rest of Iowa, but the forecast for central Iowa tomorrow (Tuesday) is calling for 80% chance of rain during the day and 80% during the night. Those will be thunderstorms, though, so it could be heavy or light in certain areas.
