4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms developed a little after midnight on June 27th in northeast Nebraska as an upper level disturbance pushed a cold front across the region.
Read the full account →A wet end to the 3rd week of June and continued moderate to heavy rainfalls into the middle of the 4th week of June caused rivers across the eastern portions of the Des Moines CWA to swell and reach flood stage from as little as a few hours near Tama to a few days around Cedar…
Read the full account →A wet end to the 3rd week of June and continued moderate to heavy rainfalls into the middle of the 4th week of June caused rivers across the eastern portions of the Des Moines CWA to swell and reach flood stage from as little as a few hours near Tama to a few days around Cedar…
Read the full account →A wet end to the 3rd week of June and continued moderate to heavy rainfalls into the middle of the 4th week of June caused rivers across the eastern portions of the Des Moines CWA to swell and reach flood stage from as little as a few hours near Tama to a few days around Cedar…
Read the full account →A wet end to the 3rd week of June and continued moderate to heavy rainfalls into the middle of the 4th week of June caused rivers across the eastern portions of the Des Moines CWA to swell and reach flood stage from as little as a few hours near Tama to a few days around Cedar…
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall continued into early October with several streams and rivers already running high. This led to additional river flooding across portions of the Des Moines, Cedar and Iowa River basins, and also along Black Hawk Creek in Hudson.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall continued into early October with several streams and rivers already running high. This led to additional river flooding across portions of the Des Moines, Cedar and Iowa River basins, and also along Black Hawk Creek in Hudson.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall continued into early October with several streams and rivers already running high. This led to additional river flooding across portions of the Des Moines, Cedar and Iowa River basins, and also along Black Hawk Creek in Hudson.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall continued into early October with several streams and rivers already running high. This led to additional river flooding across portions of the Des Moines, Cedar and Iowa River basins, and also along Black Hawk Creek in Hudson.
Read the full account →As an upper level storm system moved into the northern Plains, a warm front retreated through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →As a stronger upper-level storm system moved into the high Plains during the day on the 26th, a warm front rapidly moved north from Kansas into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa bringing warm and unstable air into the region.
Read the full account →As a stronger upper-level storm system moved into the high Plains during the day on the 26th, a warm front rapidly moved north from Kansas into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa bringing warm and unstable air into the region.
Read the full account →The state was stuck under northwest flow aloft, resulting in shortwaves aloft initiating storms. Additionally, at the surface a warm frontal boundary resided across the southwest third to half of the state during the day of the 21st and through the overnight.
Read the full account →A complex of storms worked their way across Nebraska overnight on the 18th into the 19th, eventually making their way into Iowa. As those elevated storms approached the central third of Iowa, the linear storms began to backbuild and with increasing convection behind them in…
Read the full account →Through much of the day of the 16th, a warm front slowly progressed into the state from the west, orienting itself north-south about a third to half of the way into the state.
Read the full account →Through much of the day of the 16th, a warm front slowly progressed into the state from the west, orienting itself north-south about a third to half of the way into the state.
Read the full account →Through much of the day of the 16th, a warm front slowly progressed into the state from the west, orienting itself north-south about a third to half of the way into the state.
Read the full account →A complex of storms worked their way across Nebraska overnight on the 18th into the 19th, eventually making their way into Iowa. As those elevated storms approached the central third of Iowa, the linear storms began to backbuild and with increasing convection behind them in…
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