Weather
AccuWeather www.accuweather.com
Weather Underground  http://www.wunderground.com/ 
(Ames)
KCCI Live Super Doppler radar  http://www.theiowachannel.com/weather
RAINFALL TOTALS:   Available from the   National Weather Service   
State Temp/Precip Table, 
Weather Underground   (select a City and Historical data),   and from KCCI and KCCI School Net
ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS:   Radar imagery of estimated accumulated rainfall available from the National Weather Service:    
Storm Total   (since the last one-hour break in precipitation)   and   
24-Hour Total
 
The   
National Weather Service    Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services   provides river stage observations, forecasts, and precipitation data.   ("Expand view" or see the   River Forecast Centers   page for other areas).
World Climate Weather - rainfall and temperature data   http://www.worldclimate.com/ 
  Gauges  
National Weather Service - North Central River Forecast Center - Des Moines
 River stage observations, forecasts, and precipitation data 
US Army Corp of Engineers - Rock Island District - Water Managment Center - Des Moines
Current, Historical, and Forecast data (Precip, Stage & Flow)
     Additional gauges not listed with the NOAA or USGS
US Army Corp of Engineers St. Paul District Water Control Center 
USGS Iowa 
 Current Streamflow Conditions,   Water-watch map
 (Stage AND Flow, normally updated only once per day)
USGS Real-time Water Data (National Map & list of states)
USGS 
Wisconsin Current Sreamflow Conditions 
American Whitewater Affiliation  Online River Gauges    (USGS)
 
Black River at Neillsville, WI   
(USGS data for Wisconsin)
Boone River 
 near Webster City 
Des Moines River  near Stratford,  
at Humboldt, 
 and the 
East Fork at Dakota City 
Indian Creek 
near Mingo 
Iowa River 
near Steamboat Rock and 
at Marshalltown
Lizard Creek near Ft. Dodge. Check gauge #FLZ14 on the 
Army Corp of Engineers website.
Raccoon River 
 at Van Meter
   Middle Raccoon River 
 at Panora 
 
   North Raccoon River  
near Jefferson
 
   South Raccoon 
near Redfield
Root River 
near Lanesboro, MN
 Shell Rock River  
at Shell Rock. This gauge is approximately 60 miles downstream from the popular Plymouth to Rock Falls section, so check the Winnebago & Marble Rock gauges at the  
NWS AHPS page to estimate the flow upstream. 
 South Skunk River  near Ames 
Projected Flooding Levels from the City of Ames Flood Watch Program
South Skunk  
below Squaw Creek
Squaw Creek 
at Ames 
 Projected Flooding Levels from the City of Ames Flood Watch Program
Turkey River at Garber  (USGS),   (USACE)
Upper Iowa River  at Bluffton 
Volga River near Littleport  (USGS),  (USACE)
Wapsipinicon near Anamosa 
Mapping