Apr 13, 2011
Water from snow-melt in the upper Midwest moved south through the Mississippi River basin causing major flooding along the Mississippi River. ||The snowfall was well above normal for the 2010-11 winter in much of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minneapolis, MN recorded 86.6 inches of snow, which is 30 inches above normal. Snowfall in eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri totaled 35 to 65 inches, which was 10 to 20 inches above normal.||The snow-melt flood crest reached Dubuque on
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288762). 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.