Jun 14, 2013
A low pressure area tracked east out of South Dakota during the afternoon and evening. A warm front extending from the low across west central into southeast Iowa lifted north with thunderstorm development during the afternoon. Thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon and overnight hours as the cold front trailing form the low moved into Iowa The atmosphere became moderately unstable during the afternoon and evening as moisture continued to pool near the warm front and ahead of the low.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 446232). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Guthrie County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.