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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 3:19AM CDT until August 15 at 9:30AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Lee, IA; Van Buren, IA; Henderson, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 611,932 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Lee, IA; Van Buren, IA; Henderson, IL), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Lee, IA; Van Buren, IA; Henderson, IL · ≈ 960 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Bulletin NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Flash Flood Warning issued
Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Lee, IA; Van Buren, IA; Henderson, IL
- News KCCI
Iowa weather: Rain winds down tonight with isolated chances Saturday
- News weareiowa.com
Weather Impact Alert issued for Friday night into Saturday for heavy rains, flooding concerns
- Storm report NWS DVN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SW Eliza, IL
Report of mud on the road from earlier water on the road.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS DVN storm report Storm report
- NWS DVN storm report Storm report
- NWS DVN storm report Storm report
- WHO13.com News
- The Des Moines Register News
Flooding, power outages reported after tornado warnings expire in Iowa
- FOX Weather News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.