UPDATE: Flood watch, flood warning put into effect for Cedar River
Jun. 21—With serious amounts of rain having fallen already and more expected to fall into the weekend, the National Weather Service has installed a flood watch and flood warning for the Cedar River.
The watch was placed into effect at 7 a.m. and is expected to stretch through to 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The flood warning will go into effect at around 7:45 a.m. Saturday and is expected to go to around 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning.
According to the NWS, the river is expected to start rising early this afternoon and is predicted to crest at around 19 feet meaning moderate flooding sometime early Sunday morning. Twenty feet is labeled as major flooding.
The most recent reading was taken at 7 a.m. Friday morning at 7.5 feet.
The Cedar River had already jumped its banks earlier this week due to heavy rainfall and flowed into most of Driesner Park's south side.
Rains are expected to continue throughout the day and into tonight with a chance of 1 to 2 inches of rain this afternoon and another 2 to 3 inches of rain is possible tonight.
The system drenching the area is expected to leave the area heading into Saturday night with sun returning Sunday and a temperature of 86 predicted.
