Jun 27, 1998
A line of thunderstorms swept across northeast Iowa producing widespread wind damage and flash flooding. The strongest winds were near the Iowa-Minnesota border with hundreds of trees downfrom Mitchell County east into the Decorah area. Further south damage was more sporadic along with occasional power outages.A brief tornado touched down just west of Cresco as witnessed by trained amateur radio storm spotters.The touchdown was brief and only damaged a small area of crops.Combined with other s
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5654150). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Winneshiek County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.