Mar 15, 2001
The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be established at Des Moines. A new record of 99 days was reached by the 19th of the month. Over parts of northwest Iowa, new records for the state were set with duration in excess of 140 days. A major precipitation event that aff
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5233720). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Polk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.