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Flood — Clayton, IA

Sep 20, 2018

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain from Fayette into Clayton Counties, with some locally higher amounts around 5 inches. This heavy rain produced a mudslide near McGregor (Clayton County) where a campground had to be evacuated. Street flooding occurred in Arlington (Fayette County) and water covered other roads across Fayette C

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 784845). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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