6/30 Weather

[CYdTracked]

Channel 13 is reporting some areas have received 6-8 inches of rain tonight. Here in Grimes I am betting we are in the 2-3 range at least if Polk City got 4+. River going down our street right now and water is up into our driveway. Wife heard that apparently the Hobby Lobby roof collapsed on Merle Hay Road from the weight of the water, hearing 2-3 feet deep water on Merle Hay Road as well and they showed a shot of I 35 around Ankeny that looks like a parking lot.

What kind of weather have you seen tonight if you live in Central Iowa? Sure is not good news for flooding with Saylorville Lake already pretty high.

 

[Turn2]

5+ so far in our part of Ankeny. Glad to be on the crest of a hill.

 

[3TrueFans]

Just consistent rain in north Ames, nothing to write home about for now though. My wife's parents in Urbandale said they had water up past the tires of cars parked in the street.

 

[CYdTracked]

Just heard on Ch 13 some parts of Ankeny got up to 10 inches of rain. Wow!

I will say 1 thing whoever built our house did a damn good job with the waterproofing of the basement. Barely have anything in our sump pit. I'm usually having to put water down it to make sure the pump still works. Our old house in Beaverdale after a rain like this I probably would have the shop vac out right now and sump pump running constantly.

 

[CYdTracked]

4.6 Inches here in Grimes so far. Sump pit now has some water trickling in from the tile too.

 

[CloneGuy8]

It's not good in Ankeny

 

[Entropy]

It's not good in Ankeny

The NWS in Des Moines is retweeting photos.

 

[awd4cy]

Wow, that is terrible. There are tons of 6-10” totals coming in. You’d think we were talking about snow with those numbers.

 

[jdcyclone19]

We've gotten at least 7" in polk city where I am.

 

[CyGuy5]

Does anyone know if there is flooding in Urbandale/Johnston?

 

[alarson]

Does anyone know if there is flooding in Urbandale/Johnston?

A lot of it, from what i've seen

 

[CYdTracked]

Watching Channel 8 right now and it's crazy all the stalled cars and flooding of businesses around the metro

 

[awd4cy]

Does anyone know if there is flooding in Urbandale/Johnston?

Yes, that’s some of the worst along with Ankeny

 

[CYdTracked]

Does anyone know if there is flooding in Urbandale/Johnston?

Based off what I have seen I'm sure there is. At least 4-7 inches of rain based off the totals coming in that area.

Flood gates down on 63rd and Grand Ave and evacuation orders along Walnut Creek in Clive. Tire deep water in WDM at 50th and EP True. More rain coming with possibly 1-2 more inches coming. Could be a long night for some folks.

 

[CloneGuy8]

10 inches in Ankeny. Can't say I've ever seen that before in a 6 hour span; very lucky my sump pump has kept up

 

[CYdTracked]

10 inches in Ankeny. Can't say I've ever seen that before in a 6 hour span; very lucky my sump pump has kept up

I hear ya, I am watching videos of water in Beaverdale basements on channel 8 right now and very thankful we aren't in our old home right now because we never had that kind of rain there in the nearly 10 years we lived there and I bet whoever is there now is dealing with water in the basement. It was 2.5 miles to Merle Hay Mall and that area just got pounded with rain tonight.

 

[jsb]

Does anyone know if there is flooding in Urbandale/Johnston?

Yeah, lots of it.

This is probably the worst flash flooding in the metro in a long, long time. This amount of rain will cause flash flooding every where.

I’ve read reports of roads collapse.

 

[FerShizzle]

I hear ya, I am watching videos of water in Beaverdale basements on channel 8 right now and very thankful we aren't in our old home right now because we never had that kind of rain there in the nearly 10 years we lived there and I bet whoever is there now is dealing with water in the basement. It was 2.5 miles to Merle Hay Mall and that area just got pounded with rain tonight.

My Beaverdale basement would be much dryer if the power would come back on and my sump pumps could start working. Currently about 3 inches of standing water.

 

[CYdTracked]

My Beaverdale basement would be much dryer if the power would come back on and my sump pumps could start working. Currently about 3 inches of standing water.

Sorry to hear that. I bought a backup sump pump and generator years ago that I thankfully have never had to use but my neighbor may have to as their sump has failed tonight.

 

[BigJCy]

Ugh