Jul 22, 2010
Thunderstorms with extremely heavy rain developed along a stationary front and moved from northeast Iowa into northwest Illinois. Some locations measured 5 to 7 inches of rainfall, causing localized flash flooding and pushing numerous creeks out of their banks. The North Fork Maquoketa River through Dubuque County was particularly hard-hit. Local officials and residents likened the flooding to that of 1999.||Pushing numerous rivers and creeks to bankfull or even out of their banks, this round o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 249137). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dubuque County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.