4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →The warm front from the previous night lifted north of the state as low pressure pushed northeast out of Kansas across northwest Iowa. The atmosphere became quite unstable. Lifted indices fell to -6 to -8, with CAPE values in the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range.
Read the full account →The warm front from the previous night lifted north of the state as low pressure pushed northeast out of Kansas across northwest Iowa. The atmosphere became quite unstable. Lifted indices fell to -6 to -8, with CAPE values in the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range.
Read the full account →Rainfall was fairly evenly distributed through out the month but totaled much less than usual over northwestern and west central sections. Greatest rainfall came on the 26th and was centered upon central and north central Iowa.
Read the full account →Relatively wet weather prevailed over much of Iowa for the first one-half of July but the second half of the month was much drier in most areas. Monthly rain totals varied from 2.03 inches at Newton to 8.95 inches at Anamosa.
Read the full account →Rainfall was frequent throughout the month. This made it difficult to make hay and also caused further delays in planting in southern Iowa where some soybean acres remain unplanted at month���s end.
Read the full account →Rainfall was frequent throughout the month. This made it difficult to make hay and also caused further delays in planting in southern Iowa where some soybean acres remain unplanted at month���s end.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
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 →Heavy rains during the last week of April resulted in the Wapsipinicon River near De Witt going above the moderate flood stage level of 11.5 feet around 6 pm on May 2. It crested around 11.89 feet around 11 am on May 4.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the last week of April resulted in the Wapsipinicon River near De Witt going above the moderate flood stage level of 11.5 feet around 6 pm on May 2. It crested around 11.89 feet around 11 am on May 4.
Read the full account →This flooding carried over from April when several periods of heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa combined with snow melt and rain upstream to produce a prolonged period of high water along the Missouri River, mainly downstream of Plattsmouth.
Read the full account →This flooding carried over from April when several periods of heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa combined with snow melt and rain upstream to produce a prolonged period of high water along the Missouri River, mainly downstream of Plattsmouth.
Read the full account →Heavy rain mainly along and north of the Highway 20 corridor caused localized flash flooding. The primary impact of these storms was to set the stage for the extreme flooding that would take place in the next few days as several additional rounds of rainfall targeted the region…
Read the full account →A nearly station boundary draped itself across northern Iowa, oriented east-west on the evening of the 27th and allowed isolated supercells and multi cellular storms to initiate and in some cases train/develop over the same area for a number of hours.
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system was centered over Kansas and Nebraska with attendant warm front draped across north central Iowa. This was bisected by an outflow boundary from morning convection across western Iowa.
Read the full account →A nearly station boundary draped itself across northern Iowa, oriented east-west on the evening of the 27th and allowed isolated supercells and multi cellular storms to initiate and in some cases train/develop over the same area for a number of hours.
Read the full account →A nearly station boundary draped itself across northern Iowa, oriented east-west on the evening of the 27th and allowed isolated supercells and multi cellular storms to initiate and in some cases train/develop over the same area for a number of hours.
Read the full account →A nearly station boundary draped itself across northern Iowa, oriented east-west on the evening of the 27th and allowed isolated supercells and multi cellular storms to initiate and in some cases train/develop over the same area for a number of hours.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong thunderstorms formed in northeast Missouri early in the morning, August 11th, 2021. These storms expanded and moved northeast into northern Illinois, with a swath of damaging winds, hail, and very heavy rainfall.
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