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Flood — Jones, IA

Aug 27, 2009

Heavy rains during the last week of August resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa going above the moderate flood stage level of 15.5 feet around 4 pm on August 27. It crested around 18.08 feet around 930 pm on August 27. It fell back below its moderate flood stage level around 5 pm August 28.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 192601). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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