4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The wet pattern continued over Iowa with another round of significant rainfall taking place on the 4th into the 5th. Rivers that had fallen below food stage returned to a minor flood state due to rainfall on already saturated soils.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a warm front during the evening of June 17, producing 3 to 5 inches of rain within a couple of hours. Localized flash flooding affected areas near the town of Lawler, where water covered several roads and also washed out some farmer's…
Read the full account →Deep Gulf moisture fed into the state with the LLJ pushing a warm front north into southern Iowa through the late evening. Storms motion was generally parallel to the boundary, resulting in training of storms across southern Iowa and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Deep Gulf moisture fed into the state with the LLJ pushing a warm front north into southern Iowa through the late evening. Storms motion was generally parallel to the boundary, resulting in training of storms across southern Iowa and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Deep Gulf moisture fed into the state with the LLJ pushing a warm front north into southern Iowa through the late evening. Storms motion was generally parallel to the boundary, resulting in training of storms across southern Iowa and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and western Illinois during the late evening of June 14 and early morning of June 15.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms developed along a slow moving cold front. These thunderstorms stretched across much of southern Wisconsin into north central and central Iowa.
Read the full account →A persistent band of moderate to heavy rain fell across Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northern Illinois the afternoon and early evening of May 28th.
Read the full account →A low level jet developed the first of two squall lines in western iowa that raced east across Iowa and Illinois. The first squall line travelled north of the stationary front across Iowa and Northern Illinois.
Read the full account →A low level jet developed the first of two squall lines in western iowa that raced east across Iowa and Illinois. The first squall line travelled north of the stationary front across Iowa and Northern Illinois.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front across the region was the focus for thunderstorms across northeast Iowa during the late afternoon and evening of August 19. Excessive rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches in two to three hours caused flash flooding.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →The combination of rainfall and a melting snowpack, caused some flooding to occur across Clayton County. An ice jam on the Turkey River caused flooding to occur in the Millville area with water going over U.S. Highway 52.
Read the full account →A meandering boundary found itself draped across Iowa on the 18th and into the 19th of June, acting as a continued focusing mechanism for showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An occluded/occluding surface low pressure system slowly worked its way into western and southwest Iowa during the morning and afternoon of the 25th. Given its location, Iowa was situated north of the warm front, which was much further south into central Missouri.
Read the full account →Iowa remained entrenched in the relative ring of fire weather pattern. Morning convection lingered across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa through the morning, before generally subsiding.
Read the full account →Without even looking at supporting variables, the setup for impactful weather could be gleaned from the general setup. A weak surface pressure system was slowly working its way across Iowa, situating its relevant boundaries primarily across southwest and southern Iowa.
Read the full account →Numerous outflow boundaries from overnight convection re-fired across southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa around mid afternoon as diurnal heating weakened the cap and increased MLCAPE to around 2000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Numerous outflow boundaries from overnight convection re-fired across southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa around mid afternoon as diurnal heating weakened the cap and increased MLCAPE to around 2000 J/kg.
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