4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving east through Iowa. By the evening, a surface low had developed along the cold front as it moved into Eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the first week of July resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa going above the moderate flood stage level of 15.5 feet on July 9 around 720 pm CDT. It crested around 18.8 feet around 7 pm CDT July 10.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches in two hours, which led to flash flooding. According to law enforcement officials, numerous roads were covered with water 6 to 12 inches deep.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches in two hours, which led to flash flooding. According to law enforcement officials, numerous roads were covered with water 6 to 12 inches deep.
Read the full account →A second consecutive night of flash flooding affected much of northeast Iowa, when rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches occurred in three hours. Law enforcement officials reported water 3 feet deep covering roads in Arlington (Fayette County) and McGregor (Clayton County).
Read the full account →Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain began late on June 21 and continued into the morning of June 22 as storms persisted along a stalled war front over northern Iowa. A widespread 3-4 inches of rain fell in northern Iowa, resulting in a few road closures across the area.
Read the full account →Heavy rain began late on June 21 and continued into the morning of June 22 as storms persisted along a stalled war front over northern Iowa. A widespread 3-4 inches of rain fell in northern Iowa, resulting in a few road closures across the area.
Read the full account →Heavy rain began late on June 21 and continued into the morning of June 22 as storms persisted along a stalled war front over northern Iowa. A widespread 3-4 inches of rain fell in northern Iowa, resulting in a few road closures across the area.
Read the full account →Heavy rain began late on June 21 and continued into the morning of June 22 as storms persisted along a stalled war front over northern Iowa. A widespread 3-4 inches of rain fell in northern Iowa, resulting in a few road closures across the area.
Read the full account →Heavy rain began late on June 21 and continued into the morning of June 22 as storms persisted along a stalled war front over northern Iowa. A widespread 3-4 inches of rain fell in northern Iowa, resulting in a few road closures across the area.
Read the full account →Unseasonably cold weather prevailed for the first ten days of the month with temperatures averaging 11.4�� below normal. However the second ten days of the month averaged 11.6�� above normal with daily maximum temperatures reaching into the mid 50���s or higher…
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from other storms in April and May, plus snow melt from a much above normal snow pack, to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late Spring.
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from other storms in April and May, plus snow melt from a much above normal snow pack, to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late Spring.
Read the full account →Above normal precipitation occurred across most of the region during the month of August. A particularly wet period occurred at the end of the month though as two days of repeated heavy rainfall led to river flooding across parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Read the full account →Above normal precipitation occurred across most of the region during the month of August. A particularly wet period occurred at the end of the month though as two days of repeated heavy rainfall led to river flooding across parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Read the full account →Above normal precipitation occurred across most of the region during the month of August. A particularly wet period occurred at the end of the month though as two days of repeated heavy rainfall led to river flooding across parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the first week of August resulted in the Skunk River at Sigourney going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet on August 4 around 1 am CDT. It crested around 20.8 feet around 1 am CDT August 6.
Read the full account →A second consecutive night of flash flooding affected much of northeast Iowa, when rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches occurred in three hours. Law enforcement officials reported water 3 feet deep covering roads in Arlington (Fayette County) and McGregor (Clayton County).
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the third week of June resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on June 22 around 530 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 7 am June 22.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the third week of July resulted in the Des Moines River at Keosauqua going above the moderate flood stage level of 25 feet around 7 am CDT July 20. It crested around 25.7 feet around 7 pm CDT July 20.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed early in the morning ahead of an approaching warm front. Very little in the way of severe weather occurred with them, however dime size hail was reported during the initial development stage.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms swept across northeast Iowa producing widespread wind damage and flash flooding. The strongest winds were near the Iowa-Minnesota border with hundreds of trees downfrom Mitchell County east into the Decorah area.
Read the full account →A very weak cold became stationary to the south of Iowa during the late afternoon of the 2nd and early morning of the 3rd. Once again, elevated convection developed in Iowa as the low level jet brought moisture northeast into Iowa.
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