4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa. Afternoon temperatures warmed into the upper 80s to mid 90s, with dewpoint readings in the upper 70s to low 80s. A weak boundary extended out of eastern Nebraska across northern Iowa. This boundary helped to focus moisture.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed and moved eastward across Delaware County during the early morning hours of August 13. One storm was severe downing a tree in Manchester, IA.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →A frontal system stalled to the south of Iowa during the night of the 1st and began to lift north as a warm front during the day on the 2nd. At the same time an upper low moved northeast into the state. A surface low also formed under the upper low and moved along the front.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →The northwest sections of the HSA received heavy rains during the overnight hours of the 26th and early 27th. The rainfall, which developed along a slow moving cold front, was concentrated in the upper Des Moines River basin.
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
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