The Cedar River in Cedar Falls is expected to crest *7* feet higher than the previous record. The old record was 96.1, and it's expected to hit 103 tonight (current level is over 101). Flood stage is 88 feet, so that's *15 feet* above flood stage.
In Waterloo the record is about 22 feet; the expected crest is 26 feet, and flood stage is 12 feet, putting the crest at 14 feet above flood stage. Lots and lots of water.
I had no idea the Cedar was that deep up in Cedar Falls. I’m not native to Iowa. These floods are something else though.
At Iowa City (Univ. of Iowa) the previous record for the Iowa River was 28 ft. in the “500 year flood” of 1993. It is moving toward 30 ft, and is expected to hit 33 ft. before it starts to fall. Good links put out by the U of Iowa, follow: http://uiflood.blogspot.com/
http://imuflood.wordpress.com/
http://us.f500.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=7327_2387802_130564_2034_2972_0_1146_10234_3950921436&Idx=2&YY=1507&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=100&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox
The last link has several additional links. I think the one on Iowa River Conditions is actually a link to a general flood information site. NEMDF may be able to find information on the St. Louis flood conditions here, or on one of the other sublinks. I know there is a place where you could bring up info on various flood basins in several different state. Hope this helps.