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Part of: Louisa County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 14 at 3:24PM CDT until August 17 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Louisa, IA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 19,198 acres
- Began
- To end
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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
Flood Warning issued
Louisa, IA
- Storm report NWS DVN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SW Eliza, IL
Report of mud on the road from earlier water on the road.
- Storm report NWS DVN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 NE Wapello, IA
Reported road closers on 50th Street and L Avenue, 105th St at I Avenue and 70th St at X37 due to water over the road.
- Storm report NWS DVN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE Morning Sun, IA
Reported several secondary roads closed in Louisa County due to water over the roads from heavy rainfall including 50th St between Q Avenue and X37, M Avenue between 50th and 65th, M Avenue from X37 to 66th St, and 115th near Q Avenue.
Show 5 earlier updates
- KCII Radio News
Flood Warning Issued for Louisa and Iowa Counties, and Flood Watch in Effect for Many Area Counties
- NWS DVN storm report Storm report
- WRIC ABC 8News News
The weddings must go on: Louisa wedding venue continues repairs weeks after storm
- KWQC News
- cedarnews.net 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 ↗.