Heads Up For Mississippi Boaters Below Iowa

[Stray Cat]

We are at record flood stages in eastern Iowa. The experts are calling them a 500 year flood. I've never heard of such a thing.
But it is real and there is a ton of water coming at you guys in the coming weeks. I live near Cedar Rapids, IA and we had over 5 inches of rain today in just over 12 hours. Not good...

Incase you need it, here is a link to the NOAA website for pool levels. You can see there is a lot of purple shown for the Cedar and Iowa Rivers. You can adjust the map to fit your section of the river....

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=dvn&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6

 

[RiverRat]

We had our 500 year flood in 93. Couldn't boat till Sept. of that year. We are supposed to get a 200 year flood this week... Highest water of the year so far. looks like a few more weeks at the dock for us.(if we can still get to it!) We aren't suposed to crest here till the 21st. It's going to be a real mess for a while.