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Iowa Flood Stories

4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Wayne, IA · May 11, 2001

Rainfall developed along a trough over western Iowa on the evening of the 9th and scattered showers dropped southeast across the HSA increasing in areal coverage over southern Iowa.

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Clarke, IA · May 11, 2001

Rainfall developed along a trough over western Iowa on the evening of the 9th and scattered showers dropped southeast across the HSA increasing in areal coverage over southern Iowa.

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Worth, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Wright, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Pocahontas, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Polk, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Sac, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Story, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Wapello, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Warren, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Wayne, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Webster, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Winnebago, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Marion, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Marshall, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Monroe, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Palo Alto, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Decatur, IA · May 11, 2001

Rainfall developed along a trough over western Iowa on the evening of the 9th and scattered showers dropped southeast across the HSA increasing in areal coverage over southern Iowa.

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Lucas, IA · May 11, 2001

Rainfall developed along a trough over western Iowa on the evening of the 9th and scattered showers dropped southeast across the HSA increasing in areal coverage over southern Iowa.

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Hamilton, IA · Jul 24, 2001

Iowa continued to be in a very unstable airmass with temperatures in the 80s and dew point temperatures well into the 70s. A mesoscale vorticity maximum developed over the High Plains during the previous night and was located over northeast Nebraska during the morning of the…

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Lucas, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Mahaska, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Calhoun, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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Carroll, IA · Jun 12, 2001

A significant flash flood event developed later on the 12th as heavy rains and severe storms developed along a stationary boundary located over central Iowa in the mid-morning hours.

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