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North Walnut Creek (Central IA) at Urbandale 92nd Dr Stage (ft)Observed: 2.31 ft at 7:05AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.37 ft at 7:21AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.42 ft at 7:51AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.48 ft at 8:35AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.53 ft at 10:14AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.57 ft at 11:58AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.63 ft at 1:35PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.68 ft at 2:23PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.74 ft at 3:07PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.79 ft at 3:40PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.85 ft at 4:06PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.91 ft at 4:59PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2.96 ft at 5:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 3.02 ft at 6:13PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 3.08 ft at 9:08PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 3.11 ft at 11:56PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 3.17 ft at 12:38AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.22 ft at 2:21AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.28 ft at 2:57AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.34 ft at 3:28AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.39 ft at 4:07AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.45 ft at 4:42AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.51 ft at 5:23AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.56 ft at 6:56AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.62 ft at 8:48AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.56 ft at 9:36AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.51 ft at 9:49AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:55AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.39 ft at 10:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.34 ft at 10:05AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.28 ft at 10:11AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.22 ft at 10:17AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:24AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.1 ft at 10:31AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.04 ft at 10:38AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:56AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.93 ft at 11:23AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.87 ft at 11:36AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.82 ft at 11:42AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.76 ft at 11:48AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.72 ft at 11:53AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.66 ft at 12:01PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.6 ft at 12:06PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.55 ft at 12:12PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.49 ft at 12:20PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.43 ft at 12:31PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.38 ft at 12:38PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.32 ft at 12:47PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.26 ft at 12:56PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.21 ft at 1:16PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.15 ft at 1:51PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.21 ft at 2:42PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.38 ft at 3:13PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.43 ft at 3:28PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.49 ft at 4:23PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.55 ft at 5:12PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.6 ft at 5:55PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.66 ft at 7:01PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.72 ft at 7:37PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.77 ft at 7:56PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.83 ft at 8:23PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.88 ft at 8:58PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.94 ft at 9:45PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3 ft at 10:31PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 3.04 ft at 11:51PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2.99 ft at 5:23AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.93 ft at 9:05AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.87 ft at 9:35AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.82 ft at 9:49AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.76 ft at 9:55AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.7 ft at 10:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.65 ft at 10:06AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.59 ft at 10:15AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.52 ft at 10:23AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.47 ft at 11:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.41 ft at 11:40AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.33 ft at 11:49AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.27 ft at 11:55AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.22 ft at 12:02PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.16 ft at 12:09PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.11 ft at 12:21PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.05 ft at 12:35PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1.99 ft at 1:05PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.05 ft at 1:35PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1.99 ft at 2:26PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.05 ft at 2:46PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.11 ft at 2:54PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.16 ft at 3:01PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.22 ft at 3:09PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.27 ft at 3:24PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.33 ft at 3:41PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.39 ft at 4:22PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.44 ft at 5:03PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.5 ft at 5:39PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.56 ft at 6:22PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.61 ft at 7:15PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.67 ft at 7:47PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.73 ft at 8:17PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.78 ft at 8:46PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.84 ft at 9:23PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.9 ft at 9:50PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2.95 ft at 10:18PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 3.01 ft at 10:49PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 3.07 ft at 11:38PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 3.08 ft at 11:47PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 3.13 ft at 12:29AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.19 ft at 1:33AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.25 ft at 2:27AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.3 ft at 3:31AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.36 ft at 4:38AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.42 ft at 5:50AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.47 ft at 7:19AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.53 ft at 8:15AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.59 ft at 9:04AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.53 ft at 10:17AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.47 ft at 10:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.42 ft at 10:40AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.43 ft at 11:45AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.37 ft at 1:11PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.31 ft at 1:24PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.26 ft at 1:57PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.2 ft at 2:25PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.26 ft at 3:48PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.31 ft at 5:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.37 ft at 5:29PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.43 ft at 6:12PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:54PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.54 ft at 7:39PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.6 ft at 8:09PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.65 ft at 9:14PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.71 ft at 10:44PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:43PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 3.8 ft at 12:24AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.86 ft at 1:29AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.91 ft at 2:31AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.97 ft at 3:28AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 4.03 ft at 4:39AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 4.08 ft at 5:45AM Mar 18, 2024Highest Observation: 4.14 ft at 6:57AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 4.08 ft at 11:34AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:37AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.88 ft at 11:41AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.77 ft at 12:01PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.71 ft at 12:13PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.65 ft at 12:21PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.6 ft at 12:33PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.54 ft at 12:40PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:49PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.43 ft at 12:54PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.37 ft at 1:07PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.31 ft at 1:16PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.26 ft at 1:27PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.2 ft at 1:49PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.09 ft at 2:19PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.14 ft at 2:58PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.2 ft at 3:10PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.26 ft at 3:25PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.31 ft at 4:22PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.37 ft at 6:35PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.43 ft at 8:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.4 ft at 11:39PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 3.35 ft at 12:26AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 3.29 ft at 2:44AM Mar 19, 2024City of Des Moines, IAUBNI4(plotting HGIRR) Graph Created (4:33AM Mar 19, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.29 ft at 2:44 AM CDT 19-Mar-2024.
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the North Walnut Creek (Central IA) at Urbandale 92nd Dr. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Latitude: 41.631828° N, Longitude: 93.744863° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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