4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding from June continued along several river systems across the state into July. For the most part, rivers crested early and then fell slowly during the first week of the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall in areas of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota on August 27th and 28th allowed rivers such as the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Wapsipinicon to swell, including reaching flood state at Janesville, IA and Cedar Falls, IA.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall in areas of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota on August 27th and 28th allowed rivers such as the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Wapsipinicon to swell, including reaching flood state at Janesville, IA and Cedar Falls, IA.
Read the full account →The month of May began somewhat dry with the first significant rain event taking place on the 8th into the 9th. Rivers rose, however most remained below flood stage. The North River in Central Iowa rose above flood stage for a brief time.
Read the full account →The month of May began somewhat dry with the first significant rain event taking place on the 8th into the 9th. Rivers rose, however most remained below flood stage. The North River in Central Iowa rose above flood stage for a brief time.
Read the full account →The month of May began somewhat dry with the first significant rain event taking place on the 8th into the 9th. Rivers rose, however most remained below flood stage. The North River in Central Iowa rose above flood stage for a brief time.
Read the full account →Storms that developed in the early afternoon took advantage of the very high instability and had no trouble becoming strong, and even severe, in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →An extended period of showers and thunderstorms affected the area June 3-5. The second round of thunderstorms occurred on June 3rd as a weak upper level disturbance moved across the area and interacted with a hot and humid air mass to produce thunderstorms across Scott and…
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →A surface low to the northwest of Iowa allowed for convection to develop in the warm sector and along the surface boundary as it pushed across northern Iowa through the afternoon and evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →A surface low to the northwest of Iowa allowed for convection to develop in the warm sector and along the surface boundary as it pushed across northern Iowa through the afternoon and evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms tracked across central Iowa into eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northwest Illinois late Friday afternoon and into the overnight hours. These storms brought heavy rain, frequent lightning, damaging winds, and large hail to the region.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Cristobal tracked across much of the mid and upper Mississippi River Valley on the morning and afternoon of June 9, 2020. Very high levels of moisture were present, bringing very heavy rainfall to much of the region, especially eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Cristobal fell across northeast Iowa on June 9th. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches were common with locally higher totals of 4 to 5 inches. This heavy rain created flash flooding across portions of Fayette, Chickasaw and Howard Counties.
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