Breezy dayr ahead of us but were calm weatherwise. No rain in place now that the cold front pushed through. Cedar rapids and 50 in dubuque and 51 in waterloo and iowa city and well top out at 67 degrees but at least again were dry. Temperatures going to cool down again through the evening because of the clear skies so we got a decent dry stretch ahead of us here. Well switch it over to ky to talk more about the riv absolutely. Thanks a lot. Were still watching the cedar basin carefully as well as the wapsi and mississippi. The iowa river basin has been Holding Steady and will likely stay that way for the next week or so. Heres what we have in vinton. Its in progress. The crest is in progress right now. The official gauge height is 21. 74 feet. Thats a lot of stream flow there in vinton and it just appears to be cresting now its at. What thatto does is it raises confidence for what happens downstream. Thee cedar river at cedar rapids which is around 18 feet cresting five feet higher at
Check village is pretty much dry. It is coming up soon. Right now the check villages dry where the businesses are so that is cool. This is upriver practice would have been the direction the houseboats went when they broke free they crashed into that bridge. You can see how high the river is. We are down from the crest right now chief meteorologist terry will give us exactly where the river level is. Reporters have been following the cedar as it has crests in multiple cities. The high waters have reached cedar rapids. River. Reporter i am just a little bit east of the river and as you can see the water is moving pretty rapidly. Fortunately as you have mentioned we crested at about 21. 97 feet so not quite damaging enough to the downtown area. Sounds like it will get out of here unscathed. I want to show juice city hall behind me. We lost our life picture with connor. Anything can happen right we appreciate your patience. Right now we are talking about the crest and where the river level
Seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 thanks kaj. Rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to get back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the Flood Recovery. As a safety measure, police will step up their patrols. And businesses, many will be anxious to get rid of their sandbags. But the city wants to do it properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of
Chris, the lower crest up north lowered the crest in cedar rapids as well. We will continue to see dry conditions through the rest of this evening and most of tonight, with the exception of an isolated shower or storm towards morning. On sunday, a strong cold front will be moving through. Showers and storms will be likely, however they heavy downpour is possible, but overall this round of rain is not expected to greatly affect the ongoing flooding situation across eastern iowa. Behind this system, as we move into the next workweek, a long stretch of much needed dry and cool weather will arrive. Fairly windy conditions can be expected on monday. As it looks now 20 30 mph winds are possible. Winds will subside some for tuesday, then we can expect very pleasant conditions for the remainder of the workweek. Tonight increasing clouds. Rain tomorrow showers and storms likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind wnw 515 high 73 alo 72 back to you. People living on the Southeast Side of that town. Dozen
On monday, the linn county courthouse on mays island a place that was devastated in 08, will reopen after being closed only a week. More Recovery Efforts will continue throughout the weekend and you now have a place to drop your sandbags. Today, the city accepted both wet and dry sandbags at noelridge park. Tomorrow, starting at 7 am, you can bring your sandbags to ellis park. The city is discussing when they could open tomorrow, bring your sandbags when they might open another dropoff site. Commercial properties can drop them off at the former 6th street plant. Sandbags from businesses can be dropped in select spots in check village and Kingston Village we placed the exact locations online. Those sites will be open at 7 00 a. M. Its been about a week now since weve been concerned about the river. Were happy to say that it continues to fall in eastern iowa. Heres the latest stage, 14. 8 feet. Flood stage 12 feet. We move in that direction. By the time we get to midday sunday, its expec