4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →A southeast flow of moist air was in place over Iowa. This flow brought moisture north with surface dew point temperatures rising into the low to mid 50s. Lapse rates were steep with the freezing level only around 9000 feet.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Another round of a seemingly endless series of mostly nocturnal mesoscale convective systems hit iowa on the 20th and 21st. Fortunately, it shifted to the northeast part of the HSA, avoiding almost completely the saturated basins in the central part of the state.
Read the full account →After a brief lull from the rain on the 12th, a large mesoscale convective system developed near the center of an upper level low pressure center over southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of the 14th.
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
Read the full account →Following a brief break from the rain on the 16th, rainfall resumed on the 17th and 18th. Heavy rain fell over just about the entire state on both days, with the heaviest amounts of 1 to 3 inches on the first night in the Nishnabotna River basin, the Upper Des Moines and Iowa…
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