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Flash Flood — Van Buren, IA

Jun 30, 2020

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

A shortwave lifting northeastward from Missouri and a slow moving mesoscale convective vorticity maximum interacted with a warm and humid air mass across eastern Iowa and brought showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall. This led to flash flooding in Van Buren County.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 898864). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Van Buren, IA

This event is one of many recorded floods in Van Buren County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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