May 31, 2001
The month ended with another wet system on the 30th-31st as low pressure tracked across northern Missouri, with a warm front draped across southern Iowa. Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms brought the heaviest rain to southern counties; Bloomfield in Davis County measured 2.35" for the 24 hours ending at 12Z and Promise City (PRMI4) picked up 2.10"; other substantial totals included 2.15" at the Chariton DCP, 2.03" at the Lamoni ASOS and 2.02" at Leon (Decatur county). The heavy rains d
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5242638). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Decatur County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.