Tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind w 1015 low 48 alo 47 dbq 46 iow 48 45 to 51 tuesday partly cloudy. High 68 low 48 wednesday partly cloudy. High 70 low 49 thursday partly cloudy. High 73 low 50 friday partly cloudy. High 73 low 52 saturday partly cloudy. High 74 low 52 sunday chance of showers. High 76 low 54 monday chance of storms. High 77 low 58 the Flood Warning continues for the cedar river at vinton. Until thursday. At 8 15 pm saturday the stage was 16. 2 feet. And rising. Flood stage is 15 feet. Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. Uncertainty remains on fo routes through the river system. Forecasts may change. Forecast. Rise to 21. 5 feet monday morning. Fall below flood stage thursday. Impact. At 19. 5 feet. Water is at the bottom of the iowa highway 150 bridge. The Flood Warning continues for the cedar river at cedar rapids. Until saturday morning. At 9 00 pm saturday the stage was 9. 9 feet. And rising. Flood stage is 12 feet. No flooding is occurring an
River. You can see how high the liver levels have gotten. You will remember this bridge back in 2008 collapsed. It was rebuilt after the floods, and there it stapds now. It serves kind of as a Reference Point as to how quickly the cedar river is rising. We will check in with Connor Morgan, Stephanie Johnson, ke vun barry. We will be setting up our cbs 2 fox 28 drone within the hour, as well, to bring you live aerial shots awe cross eastern iowa. With that, good morni. Tracking the raising waters minute by minute. Minute. Im Kelly Dambrosio. The cedar river has been on the rise all weekend long and today into tomorrow is when flodo waters will really start cbs 2 an been monitoring the river and thats where he is now live in cedar rapids kevin what do you see right now. Its coming up next well check 711 7 11 on this monday morning. This is definitely a clearer shot than when we checked in a moment ago. A beautiful sunrise there. You can see the waters moving quickly under the bridge. Cbs
From cbs 2 and fox 28 news, this is special coverage of flood 2016. Good morning. It is 6 00. Were taking a look at live downtown cedar rapids right now, as we continue to watch the river. Im kelly with justin roberts. Hell be gefing us a live look at the conditions down there. This is the day we wait. This is the day we wait to watch to see what Mother Nature throws at us, and before we get downtown, lets see what shes throwing at us. Of course, we want to let you know real quick that all public sandbagging sites, we asked this question a little bit ago. All public sandbagging sites are officially closed. Now, a site is open if additional sandbags are needed. They are working the city at the public works building just off city, whereas the public sites are closed at this hour. 6 02 this morning. Brandon marshall, meteorologist Brandon Marshall standing by over in the Weather Center to kind of talk about the dry and cool weather we are looking at for the next few days. A strong cold fr
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a 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 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go 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. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
Has risen from here to here from just being out here tonight. Now i want to take a minute to explain to you the flood protection in use right now for the city of cedar rapids. The city is primarily relying on hesco barriers you see here. Theres 10 miles of these barriers lining the city. City leaders say theyre confident these will hold 26 feet. However water could barriers any moment. Earlier today i spoke with mayor ron corbett. He tells me the city is working for a more permanent flood protection system. But that protection could cost about 500 million dollars. The city has asked voters twice to approve funding for flood protection. Voters said no both times. Recently, mayor corbett says federal lawmakers have approved funding. But have not state and theyve provided funding mechanism unfortunately the federal government hasnt released any funds to do the construction or their piece of it so we continue to lobby our Congress People and also the president and the office of budget and