***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

alarson

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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.
yeah, the elevation of the river drops quite quick south of the dam, so it'd have to be pretty high to spread over much of johnston. Though maybe beaver creek could back up with those kinds of flows?

But yeah, I think we'd have to be at historic levels where des moines is in for a world of hurt
 

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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.
The forecast for the next 7 days is not good for anyone in southern MN and northern and central Iowa.
 

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Great. As long as Janesville doesn't get it bad again. If you take a look at this pic, this is actually my town, looking towards Janesville. I did see this when I was trying to go after it, but I was looking at it from the south so I really didn't get a clear view.

Don't know if you heard about what happened at Alpine Valley on Saturday night, but it was basically 30-40,000 stranded in acres of open parking lots, with zero cell phone reception. Nobody knew there were tornados just miles away. It sounded like your area got the heaviest rains though.
 

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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.

Beaver Creek at Merle Hay was a real trouble spot in '93. I don't know if they've fortified any of those businesses or not.
 
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Though maybe beaver creek could back up with those kinds of flows?
Yeah, it's possible. I think in 93 Beaver Creek flooded Merle Hay Road but I could be wrong. I lived just north of there in Johnston back in 2018 when we had the 7 inches in one night and it didn't get over the road during that event so can hold alot of water.
 

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Don't know if you heard about what happened at Alpine Valley on Saturday night, but it was basically 30-40,000 stranded in acres of open parking lots, with zero cell phone reception. Nobody knew there were tornados just miles away. It sounded like your area got the heaviest rains though.
I knew they had to evacuate, I can imagine. Yeah, I tried to go after the one in Janesville as soon as the warning was issued, but I had to turn around halfway there because of the rain. I almost had to stop a couple times.
 

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Beaver Creek at Merle Hay was a real trouble spot in '93. I don't know if they've fortified any of those businesses or not.
I dont think so. I used to fish behind the Acura dealership and the hotel just north of I-80 there and they are probably in trouble in a significant flood event.
 
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Yeah, it's possible. I think in 93 Beaver Creek flooded Merle Hay Road but I could be wrong. I lived just north of there in Johnston back in 2018 when we had the 7 inches in one night and it didn't get over the road during that event so can hold alot of water.
Back in 93 I was to fly out to Ft Hood, TX. HWY 141 was closed at the Beaver Run Golf Course so I tried to take Merle Hay road to try and get to the airport. I was about 5 cars back when they shut down the bridge over Beaver Creek. I ended up back tracking through Ankeny to I235 to east 14th and made it across the Des Moines river bridge just before it was shut down. It was a crazy time
 

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With the emergency gates they can get that up to around 890 right?
892 with the the temporary gate added in the spillway.

Planning on going boating early afternoon on Wednesday at Saylorville, as of right now will it be safe to do so?
Going to be rising quickly, much more debris I’m sure. Go up on Big Creek. That basin won’t be rising as it didn’t see meaningful rain.
 
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Unexpected 8pm storms disrupted the later ones and we avoided most of it. Good guy little storm saves us from high wind and 2 more inches of rain.
 
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Unexpected 8pm storms disrupted the later ones and we avoided most of it. Good guy little storm saves us from high wind and 2 more inches of wind.

"2 more inches of wind" and "3 years of rain"? I'm so confused.
 
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