May 23, 2004
A persistent stationary front continued to remain across Iowa and Northern Illinois. Two squall lines developed in the late afternoon in Western Iowa, one north and one south of the stationary front. These squall lines raced east across Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois. Flash flooding was again renewed across parts of Northeast Iowa that had been hit with three rounds of heavy rain in the past 48 hours. A woman was killed in Buchanan County Iowa and her husband injured when they drove a tr
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5416667). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Buchanan County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.