4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A wet weather pattern continued into the month of October. A large rain event occurred on the 2nd, with 2.25 inches of rain falling at New Hampton. The antecedent soil conditions were quite wet, and this helped the East Fork of the Des Moines River to flood quite easily.
Read the full account →A storm system affected the region during the afternoon and evening hours bringing a warm front and cold front through the area. A tropical atmosphere allowed more heavy rain to occur, and, due to exceedingly wet antecedent conditions, more flash flooding occured albeit quite…
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms formed over North Dakota during the previous night and moved south-southeast through a northwesterly flow. The complex intersected the axis of previous convection as it moved into western Iowa.
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 →Warm temperatures across the area caused a quick release of snowpack melt water, which brought about rises along several of the tributaries of the Mississippi River.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced 4 inches of rain in about an hour, causing flash flooding. Law enforcement officials reported numerous roads washed out, while 1 to 2 feet of water covered roads in Waukon (Allamakee County) and Protivin (Howard County).
Read the full account →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 →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 →Thunderstorms dropped heavy rainfall in central Iowa with some areas receiving over 2 inches of rain. The rainfall on already wet ground caused rises on area streams and rivers. A brief period of flooding occurred, but was nothing too much out of the ordinary.
Read the full account →An unorganized line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa on the afternoon of June 3. This line of thunderstorms continued into northwest Illinois, with thunderstorms capable of severe winds and heavy rain.
Read the full account →An unorganized line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa on the afternoon of June 3. This line of thunderstorms continued into northwest Illinois, with thunderstorms capable of severe winds and heavy rain.
Read the full account →An unorganized line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa on the afternoon of June 3. This line of thunderstorms continued into northwest Illinois, with thunderstorms capable of severe winds and heavy rain.
Read the full account →An unorganized line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa on the afternoon of June 3. This line of thunderstorms continued into northwest Illinois, with thunderstorms capable of severe winds and heavy rain.
Read the full account →An unorganized line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa on the afternoon of June 3. This line of thunderstorms continued into northwest Illinois, with thunderstorms capable of severe winds and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Additional rounds of rain fell over Iowa with flooding occurring in southern Iowa on the Chariton River. The Chariton river floods quite easily, and thus the flooding was relatively minor and limited to agricultural lands for the most part.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from earlier day convection focused a gradient of instability and storm development with additional destabilization from heating by early afternoon.
Read the full account →Significant, and at times record, river flooding in northwest Iowa continued from June into July. Flooding resulted in massive sandbagging efforts, prolonged road closures and damages, and impacts to home and businesses.
Read the full account →Significant, and at times record, river flooding in northwest Iowa continued from June into July. Flooding resulted in massive sandbagging efforts, prolonged road closures and damages, and impacts to home and businesses.
Read the full account →Significant, and at times record, river flooding in northwest Iowa continued from June into July. Flooding resulted in massive sandbagging efforts, prolonged road closures and damages, and impacts to home and businesses.
Read the full account →Significant, and at times record, river flooding in northwest Iowa continued from June into July. Flooding resulted in massive sandbagging efforts, prolonged road closures and damages, and impacts to home and businesses.
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