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North Walnut Creek (Central IA) at Urbandale 92nd Dr Stage (ft)Observed: 3.73 ft at 6:54AM Mar 27, 2023Highest Observation: 3.79 ft at 7:37AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.73 ft at 10:02AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.68 ft at 10:06AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.62 ft at 10:11AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.55 ft at 10:17AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.5 ft at 10:22AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.43 ft at 10:28AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.37 ft at 10:35AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.31 ft at 10:43AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.26 ft at 10:50AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.2 ft at 10:59AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.14 ft at 11:10AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.09 ft at 11:19AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.03 ft at 11:28AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.96 ft at 11:35AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.85 ft at 11:43AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.79 ft at 11:47AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.74 ft at 11:52AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.68 ft at 11:57AM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.62 ft at 12:04PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.57 ft at 12:11PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.51 ft at 12:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.46 ft at 2:12PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.4 ft at 2:28PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.46 ft at 3:08PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.51 ft at 3:34PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:07PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.62 ft at 4:22PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.68 ft at 5:04PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.74 ft at 5:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.79 ft at 6:08PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.85 ft at 6:43PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.91 ft at 7:08PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 2.96 ft at 7:31PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.02 ft at 7:50PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.08 ft at 8:06PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.13 ft at 8:33PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.19 ft at 9:05PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.25 ft at 9:36PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.3 ft at 11:33PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 3.33 ft at 12:09AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.38 ft at 1:01AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.55 ft at 3:32AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.61 ft at 5:06AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.66 ft at 6:03AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:59AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.78 ft at 8:14AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.72 ft at 9:58AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.66 ft at 10:03AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.61 ft at 10:08AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.55 ft at 10:13AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.5 ft at 10:17AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.44 ft at 10:21AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.38 ft at 10:26AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.33 ft at 10:31AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.27 ft at 10:39AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.21 ft at 10:50AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.16 ft at 11:08AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.1 ft at 11:20AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.04 ft at 11:27AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.99 ft at 11:35AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.93 ft at 11:42AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.87 ft at 11:50AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.81 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.74 ft at 12:07PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.68 ft at 12:21PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.62 ft at 1:54PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.57 ft at 2:14PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.51 ft at 2:26PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.46 ft at 2:50PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.51 ft at 4:08PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.57 ft at 4:36PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.62 ft at 5:20PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.68 ft at 6:16PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.74 ft at 7:02PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.79 ft at 7:41PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.85 ft at 8:09PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 2.91 ft at 8:32PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.02 ft at 9:17PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.08 ft at 9:38PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.13 ft at 10:27PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 3.14 ft at 12:05AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.26 ft at 2:28AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.31 ft at 3:05AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.37 ft at 3:55AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.43 ft at 5:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:34AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.54 ft at 6:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.6 ft at 6:58AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.65 ft at 7:50AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.71 ft at 9:19AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.65 ft at 10:44AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.6 ft at 10:53AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.54 ft at 11:17AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:25AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.43 ft at 11:33AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.37 ft at 11:40AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.31 ft at 11:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.26 ft at 11:50AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.2 ft at 11:56AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.14 ft at 12:02PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.09 ft at 12:09PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.03 ft at 12:16PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.98 ft at 12:23PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.86 ft at 1:46PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.81 ft at 2:06PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.75 ft at 2:18PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.81 ft at 4:38PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.86 ft at 5:31PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.92 ft at 6:37PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 2.98 ft at 7:12PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.03 ft at 7:42PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.09 ft at 8:03PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.14 ft at 8:26PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.2 ft at 8:49PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.26 ft at 9:25PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.31 ft at 11:04PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 3.33 ft at 12:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.38 ft at 1:05AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.44 ft at 3:18AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.38 ft at 9:26AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.33 ft at 9:34AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.27 ft at 9:41AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.21 ft at 9:51AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:04AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.1 ft at 10:13AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 3.04 ft at 10:24AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:42AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.93 ft at 10:54AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.87 ft at 11:14AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.82 ft at 11:31AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.76 ft at 11:37AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.7 ft at 11:41AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.65 ft at 11:46AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.59 ft at 11:51AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.52 ft at 11:58AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.47 ft at 12:07PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.41 ft at 12:17PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.35 ft at 12:28PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.3 ft at 12:36PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.24 ft at 12:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.18 ft at 12:56PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.13 ft at 1:10PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.07 ft at 1:19PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 2.01 ft at 1:24PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.96 ft at 1:32PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.9 ft at 1:48PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.85 ft at 2:03PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.79 ft at 2:09PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.73 ft at 2:16PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.68 ft at 2:28PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 2:39PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.56 ft at 2:58PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 5:40PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 11:56PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 1.54 ft at 4:02AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.43 ft at 9:03AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.37 ft at 9:18AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.31 ft at 9:33AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.26 ft at 9:41AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.2 ft at 9:51AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.14 ft at 9:58AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.09 ft at 10:21AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.03 ft at 10:31AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.98 ft at 10:37AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 10:45AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 10:54AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.81 ft at 11:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.75 ft at 11:06AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.69 ft at 11:14AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.64 ft at 11:19AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.58 ft at 11:23AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.52 ft at 11:27AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.41 ft at 11:34AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.35 ft at 11:40AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.3 ft at 11:45AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.18 ft at 11:54AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.13 ft at 11:59AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.07 ft at 12:15PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.13 ft at 12:40PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.18 ft at 12:59PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.24 ft at 1:07PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.3 ft at 1:13PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.24 ft at 1:32PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.36 ft at 1:59PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.49 ft at 2:04PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.55 ft at 2:07PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.68 ft at 2:13PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.74 ft at 2:16PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 2:23PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 2:28PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 0.99 ft at 2:32PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.04 ft at 2:36PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.1 ft at 3:37PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.17 ft at 3:41PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.22 ft at 4:03PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.28 ft at 4:13PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.34 ft at 4:20PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.39 ft at 4:26PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.45 ft at 4:32PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.51 ft at 4:39PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.56 ft at 4:48PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 4:58PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.69 ft at 5:03PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.74 ft at 5:09PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.8 ft at 5:14PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.86 ft at 5:19PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.91 ft at 5:31PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 1.97 ft at 5:41PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.03 ft at 5:52PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.08 ft at 6:09PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.14 ft at 6:20PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.2 ft at 6:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.25 ft at 6:40PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.31 ft at 6:50PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.37 ft at 7:02PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.42 ft at 7:13PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.48 ft at 7:27PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.53 ft at 7:47PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.59 ft at 8:06PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.65 ft at 8:26PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.7 ft at 8:53PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.76 ft at 9:59PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.82 ft at 10:44PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.87 ft at 11:37PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.88 ft at 11:52PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 2.94 ft at 12:14AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 3.05 ft at 2:46AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 3.11 ft at 3:33AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 3.17 ft at 4:12AM Apr 01, 2023City of Des Moines, IAUBNI4(plotting HGIRR) Graph Created (4:48AM Apr 1, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.17 ft at 4:12 AM CDT 1-Apr-2023.
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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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