Sep 15, 2004
Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th. This was soon followed by a procession of thunderstorms from mid-day on the 14th to sunrise on the 15th when additional 6 or more inches of rain fell on a wide area from O'Brien and Cherokee Counties northeast into southeast Minnesota. At Spencer (7.13, Estherville (6.45) and Sw
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5420544). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hancock County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.