4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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…
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 →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system combined with a warm front located to the south of Iowa set the stage for a major flood event. Iowa soils were already saturated before the event took began. The severe thunderstorms mentioned above were only the beginning.
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 →In years to come, July 1999 will be remembered in northeast Iowa for the "Floods of '99". Record to near record river flooding affected much of this area through the month. Within the Des Moines HSA, the major rivers most affected were the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Beaver Creek.
Read the full account →In years to come, July 1999 will be remembered in northeast Iowa for the "Floods of '99". Record to near record river flooding affected much of this area through the month. Within the Des Moines HSA, the major rivers most affected were the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Beaver Creek.
Read the full account →In years to come, July 1999 will be remembered in northeast Iowa for the "Floods of '99". Record to near record river flooding affected much of this area through the month. Within the Des Moines HSA, the major rivers most affected were the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Beaver Creek.
Read the full account →In years to come, July 1999 will be remembered in northeast Iowa for the "Floods of '99". Record to near record river flooding affected much of this area through the month. Within the Des Moines HSA, the major rivers most affected were the Cedar, Shell Rock, and Beaver Creek.
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