Apr 24, 2018
Part II: Several rivers went into flood as heavy rainfall, heavy snow and resultant melting snow all led to higher streamflows in the latter half of April across portions of central and northern Iowa. Flooding at 3 locations including the West Fork of the Des Moines River at Estherville, Emmetsburg and Humboldt remained above flood stage into May 2018. Some of the rivers went in and out of flood a few times during the period. There are 3 parts to this event.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 751725). 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.