Aug 28, 2015
In the hours after midnight on the 28th a low pressure system was over portions of central/eastern Nebraska moving toward Iowa. A warm front extended east out of the surface low into southern Iowa. With the progression of the surface low, moderate to heavy rainfall began to enter the state. Areas that reported the greatest storm total amounts began to see rain around the 2 to 3 am hour and onward through the morning and into the early afternoon as the warm front lingered in central Iowa. In
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 593199). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Black Hawk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.