Feb 24, 2001
A major storm produced significant precipitation across the HSA on the 23rd and 24th, producing mostly rain and a little light snow. the center of the low pressure moved from the southwest to the northeast corner of Iowa, passing nearly over Des Moines. This track of the low allowed substantial amounts of warm air to be drawn north, producing rain all the way into southeast Minnesota. Fortunately, the heaviest rainfall was over southern Iowa where the existing snow cover was mostly melted. S
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5230942). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lucas County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.