May 1, 2019
Two forecast points were already in flood at the beginning of May held over from April. The West Fork of the Des River at Humboldt was in flood and finally went out of flood in early May, before seeing two more periods of flood in the middle and again at the end of the month. These will be placed in separate entries. The West Fork of the Des Moines River at Estherville also remained in flood from April and continued to remain in flood through the entire month of May. This forecast point has been
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 822539). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Humboldt County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.