4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Portions of northeast Iowa received between 2 and 5 inches of snow as another early spring storm moved across the Upper Midwest from April 13th into the 15th.
Read the full account →A weak upper-level disturbance advanced from the central High Plains into mid Missouri Valley, supporting the development of a surface low over central Nebraska during the afternoon.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th.
Read the full account →With already high water levels from periodic early June rains, starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity…
Read the full account →With already high water levels from periodic early June rains, starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity…
Read the full account →With already high water levels from periodic early June rains, starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity…
Read the full account →Very heavy rain fell across the Des Moines and Waterloo metro areas on the evening of June 30th. This led to flash flooding and river flooding that continued into 01 July 2018.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain fell across the Des Moines and Waterloo metro areas on the evening of June 30th. This led to flash flooding and river flooding that continued into 01 July 2018.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain fell across the Des Moines and Waterloo metro areas on the evening of June 30th. This led to flash flooding and river flooding that continued into 01 July 2018.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain fell across the Des Moines and Waterloo metro areas on the evening of June 30th. This led to flash flooding and river flooding that continued into 01 July 2018.
Read the full account →Tornadoes made an October appearance along with other strong storms and heavy rainfall as a number of conditions came together. A frontal boundary stalled out across Iowa, situated from southwest to northeast, roughly cutting the state in half.
Read the full account →Tornadoes made an October appearance along with other strong storms and heavy rainfall as a number of conditions came together. A frontal boundary stalled out across Iowa, situated from southwest to northeast, roughly cutting the state in half.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
Read the full account →Tornadoes made an October appearance along with other strong storms and heavy rainfall as a number of conditions came together. A frontal boundary stalled out across Iowa, situated from southwest to northeast, roughly cutting the state in half.
Read the full account →Southern Iowa found itself north of a relatively stationary surface boundary, which was laid out across northern Missouri. An 850mb front was situated a bit further north, over much of southern Iowa, with a decent moisture fetch from the Gulf of Mexico.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary resided predominantly right along the Iowa-Missouri border and remained relatively stationary throughout the event. Beginning on September 30th, 850mb flow rode over the front and helped initiated elevated showers and weak storms that persisted (scattered in…
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