Jul 31, 1999
The active month of July ended with one more flooding event, fortunately this time in southern Iowa. Heavy convective rains in advance of a cold front pushing through the state, brought scattered heavy rainfall to parts of northern, central, and southern Iowa. Very heavy rains fell in Taylor County early on the 31st, prompting the issuance of an urban and small stream flooding advisory for the county shortly after sunrise. The 24-hour coop rainfall report for Bedford was 3.71 inches and this
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5706206). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Taylor County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.