Oct 2, 2018
A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in nature) form the late afternoon of the 30th through the late afternoon on the 1st. While no severe weather was recorded, weak instability (MUCAPE under 1000 J/kg) and consistent moisture flow overriding the surface boundar
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 787211). 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.