Aug 18, 2015
A fairly significant-but-localized rural flooding event unfolded within north central and northeast portions of Polk County, ramping up during the early morning hours of Tuesday Aug. 18th and persisting into the afternoon of Wednesday the 19th before markedly improving (severe weather in the form of large hail/damaging winds were not an issue). The worst flooding impacts were confined to a rather narrow, roughly 5-8 mile wide corridor extending west-to-east several miles north of Osceola and She
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 598146). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Polk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.