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Flash Flood — Emmet, IA

Mar 16, 2010

Property Damage
$10K
Flood Cause
Ice Jam

Snow melt continued into the middle of the month. Rivers remained ice covered in Northwest Iowa. Two ice jams formed in Emmet County in the Estherville area. The Des Moines River overflowed its banks rapidly, flooding agricultural lands about a mile south and also 2 miles north of Estherville. The ice jam broke free during the early afternoon hours.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 210926). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Emmet, IA

This event is one of many recorded floods in Emmet County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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