Flood Outlook: Increased Chance, Minor Impact Expected

The National Weather Service said much of Iowa has an above normal risk of minor flooding this spring. There's a higher risk along the Mississippi River, the Big Sioux River in northwest Iowa and in streams in northern Iowa because of the snow pack in the Dakotas and Minnesota and an uncertainty over how fast it will melt and when spring rains begin. In the middle of Iowa, the highest risk through June is above Saylorville Lake on the Des Moines River, along parts of the West Fork of the Des Moines River as well as segments of the Cedar, Iowa, Winnebago and Shell Rock rivers.