4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Another period of heavy rainfall affected the state as several MCS's swept across the state. A nearly stationary frontal boundary that had been in place through most of the month continued to be the focal point for thunderstorm activity.
Read the full account →Another period of heavy rainfall affected the state as several MCS's swept across the state. A nearly stationary frontal boundary that had been in place through most of the month continued to be the focal point for thunderstorm activity.
Read the full account →Another period of heavy rainfall affected the state as several MCS's swept across the state. A nearly stationary frontal boundary that had been in place through most of the month continued to be the focal point for thunderstorm activity.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front was located across southeast Iowa. A strong upper level low pressure system lifted northeast across the central U.S. An area of thunderstorms developed along the front and trained northeast across southeast Iowa.
Read the full account →June 2010 temperatures averaged 71.4�� or 1.6�� above normal while precipitation totaled 10.45 inches or 5.81 inches above normal. This ranks as the wettest and 33rd warmest June among 138 years of state records and set the stage for significant river flooding.
Read the full account →Another round of rainfall hit the state with the hardest hit being the central into the northeast counties. The flooding was mostly along the Des Moines, Iowa, and Cedar River Basins.
Read the full account →Another round of rainfall hit the state with the hardest hit being the central into the northeast counties. The flooding was mostly along the Des Moines, Iowa, and Cedar River Basins.
Read the full account →A quasi-stationary front extended from central Kansas into northern Illinois. The airmass was very unstable with high temperatures reaching the low to mid 90s over southern Iowa, with dew point readings in the mid to upper 70s.
Read the full account →The very wet weather pattern of June and July continued into the first two weeks of August. Central Iowa was hardest hit by rainfall with three consecutive nights of torrential rains on the 8th, 9th and 10th.
Read the full account →The very wet weather pattern of June and July continued into the first two weeks of August. Central Iowa was hardest hit by rainfall with three consecutive nights of torrential rains on the 8th, 9th and 10th.
Read the full account →July 2010 temperatures averaged 71.4�� or 1.6�� above normal while precipitation totaled 10.45 inches or 5.81 inches above normal. This ranks as the wettest and 33rd warmest July among 138 years of state records.
Read the full account →July 2010 temperatures averaged 71.4�� or 1.6�� above normal while precipitation totaled 10.45 inches or 5.81 inches above normal. This ranks as the wettest and 33rd warmest July among 138 years of state records.
Read the full account →The series of strong thunderstorm continued to plague the state during the 3rd week of June. A large MCS rolled across the state, with the heaviest rain falling across the northern sections of the state.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the last week of August resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa going above the moderate flood stage level of 15.5 feet around 4 pm on August 27. It crested around 18.08 feet around 930 pm on August 27.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at Independence going above the moderate flood stage level of 13 feet on July 23 around 9 pm CDT. It crested around 18.7 feet around 7 pm CDT July 24.
Read the full account →Another storm system moved across the state late in the month. The heaviest rain fell over the south half of the state. This resulted in a short duration flooding event along the lower Des Moines River Basin and its tributaries.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain were triggered by an upper level disturbance moving across Iowa toward northern Illinois. Excessive rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches occurred during the late night of April 24 into the early morning of April 25, which caused flash flooding.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the last two weeks of June resulted in the Iowa River at Marengo remaining above the moderate flood stage level of 15.5 feet into July. It crested around 17.8 feet around 1 pm CDT July 6. It had a secondary crest of 17.7 feet around 7 am July 8.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the second week of August resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on August 9 around 930 pm CDT. It crested above the major flood stage level around 26.3 feet around 1 pm CDT August 12.
Read the full account →A slow moving thunderstorms moving across Page County produced 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during the evening of July 15th. Additional thunderstorms occurred during the overnight hours with storm total precipitation measured at over 5 inches in parts of the county.
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