4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Minor flooding tool place over a large part of northwest and north central Iowa during the month. In actuality, the far northern sites in the upper reaches of the Des Moines River Basin remained above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Minor flooding tool place over a large part of northwest and north central Iowa during the month. In actuality, the far northern sites in the upper reaches of the Des Moines River Basin remained above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →A major winter storm affected Iowa through the 24th and 25th of February. A powerful upper low moved onto the west coast during the middle of the week, and advanced east through the Rockies during the end of the week.
Read the full account →Precipitation was frequent through the month. Storm systems bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and/or snow came through the state nearly every other day through the 27th.
Read the full account →Precipitation was frequent through the month. Storm systems bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and/or snow came through the state nearly every other day through the 27th.
Read the full account →Precipitation was frequent through the month. Storm systems bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and/or snow came through the state nearly every other day through the 27th.
Read the full account →Precipitation was frequent through the month. Storm systems bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and/or snow came through the state nearly every other day through the 27th.
Read the full account →Precipitation was frequent through the month. Storm systems bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and/or snow came through the state nearly every other day through the 27th.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system lifted northeast out of the southwest U.S. The system moved very slowly and produced a large rain shield. Moderate to heavy rain fell over an extended period of time over parts of eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary was located to the northwest of Iowa and remained nearly stationary as a shortwave advanced across the state. The airmass became very unstable with in the 3000 to 4000 J/kg range and lifted indices in the -6 to -9 C. range.
Read the full account →Yet another heavy rain event affected much of central and south central Iowa on the night of the 27th with Guthrie Center reporting 6.73 inches of rain. A few unofficial reports were as high as 7 inches that fell in the Stuart area of southeast Guthrie County.
Read the full account →A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa as a warm front lifted north slowly into the state. The warm air had moved in aloft as freezing levels increased from 14,600 feet in the morning, to 16,200 by the evening hours.
Read the full account →The relatively dry weather pattern that began in some parts of Iowa in July continued across northern Iowa in September with the far northeastern corner of the state now classified as being in moderate drought.
Read the full account →Rain and embedded thunderstorms spread over a large part of the CWA during the night of the 9th into the morning of the 10th. The rain fall in many of the same areas that had received heavy rainfall just a few days before.
Read the full account →Rain fell statewide on the 25th and 26th with very heavy rainfall across southwest, central and northeast Iowa. A statewide average of 2.45 inches fell during this 48 hour period and brought fieldwork to a halt.
Read the full account →Rain fell statewide on the 25th and 26th with very heavy rainfall across southwest, central and northeast Iowa. A statewide average of 2.45 inches fell during this 48 hour period and brought fieldwork to a halt.
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