May 21, 2024
PLEASE NOTE, for tornadoes, please see separate Storm Data entry for May 21st. ||Multiple rounds of thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall, damaging winds, hail and destructive tornadoes to the state. These thunderstorms were the result of a low pressure system which lifted north into the area on the night of May 20th, 2024, producing slow moving storms that dropped 2 to 4 inches of rainfall. This resulted in flash flooding over portions of northern and central Iowa through the morning of May
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1183839). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Poweshiek County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.