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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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Hamilton, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Hancock, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Clarke, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Kossuth, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Mahaska, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Emmet, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Winnebago, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Sac, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Marshall, IA · Apr 6, 1999

After a dry month in March, April turned around and was a wet month across Iowa. The first significant rainfall event took place on the 5th and 6th.

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Fremont, IA · Oct 1, 2014

Heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms in late September caused a number of rivers in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to go into flood. Much of the flooding was minor, but flooding along the Salt Creek and associated tributaries was more significant and in some locations…

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Montgomery, IA · Oct 2, 2014

Heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms in late September caused a number of rivers in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to go into flood. Much of the flooding was minor, but flooding along the Salt Creek and associated tributaries was more significant and in some locations…

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Montgomery, IA · Oct 1, 2014

Heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms in late September caused a number of rivers in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to go into flood. Much of the flooding was minor, but flooding along the Salt Creek and associated tributaries was more significant and in some locations…

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Montgomery, IA · Oct 1, 2014

Heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms in late September caused a number of rivers in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to go into flood. Much of the flooding was minor, but flooding along the Salt Creek and associated tributaries was more significant and in some locations…

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Flood$10K damage

Black Hawk, IA · Apr 11, 2008

Heavy rainfall took place over southern Iowa with over an inch of rainfall occurring on already moist antecedent soil conditions. The Chariton River had two relatively minor crests between the 8th and the 14th.

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Flood$10K damage

Marion, IA · Apr 11, 2008

Heavy rainfall took place over southern Iowa with over an inch of rainfall occurring on already moist antecedent soil conditions. The Chariton River had two relatively minor crests between the 8th and the 14th.

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Flood$10K damage

Boone, IA · Apr 11, 2008

Heavy rainfall took place over southern Iowa with over an inch of rainfall occurring on already moist antecedent soil conditions. The Chariton River had two relatively minor crests between the 8th and the 14th.

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Flood$100K damage

Decatur, IA · Jun 5, 2010

Heavy rainfall occurred from late May through early June in south central Iowa into parts of southeast Iowa. A strong MCS moved across the state on the 1st, causing the flooding.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Lee, IA · Jun 21, 2010

With daytime heating, showers and thunderstorms developed and raced east across eastern Iowa and northern Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 21. Some were severe producing large hail and damaging winds.

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Woodbury, IA · Jul 28, 2024

Storms developed along a weak surface boundary within a moisture-rich environment with weak mean-layer flow. Slow moving storms produced rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour, with amounts of 3.09 inches reported by a cooperative weather observer near Wakefield and personal…

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Woodbury, IA · Jul 28, 2024

Storms developed along a weak surface boundary within a moisture-rich environment with weak mean-layer flow. Slow moving storms produced rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour, with amounts of 3.09 inches reported by a cooperative weather observer near Wakefield and personal…

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Flood$10K damage

Kossuth, IA · Jul 1, 2011

River levels remained high along the Des Moines River system from the rains that fell during June. Additional rainfall during the month of July helped to maintain high river levels.

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Flood$10K damage

Emmet, IA · Jul 1, 2011

River levels remained high along the Des Moines River system from the rains that fell during June. Additional rainfall during the month of July helped to maintain high river levels.

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Flood$10K damage

Humboldt, IA · Jul 1, 2011

River levels remained high along the Des Moines River system from the rains that fell during June. Additional rainfall during the month of July helped to maintain high river levels.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Keokuk, IA · Jun 14, 2011

Heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and western Illinois during the late evening of June 14 and early morning of June 15.

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