4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →May 2004 began rather dry with an average of only 0.19 inches of rain over the first week of the month. However, the second week of May brought seasonally normal rainfall. Heavy rain occurred during the third week of the month. May's greatest rain events came back to back.
Read the full account →Following the second round of heavy rainfall during the night of the 25th into the morning of the 26th, widespread flooding occurred over parts of northern Iowa.
Read the full account →There were two periods of noteworthy precipitation during the month. Snow fell nearly statewide on the 10th and 11th with up to 10.5 inches in Dickinson County while an inch or more accumulated over about the northeastern two-thirds of the state.
Read the full account →There were two periods of noteworthy precipitation during the month. Snow fell nearly statewide on the 10th and 11th with up to 10.5 inches in Dickinson County while an inch or more accumulated over about the northeastern two-thirds of the state.
Read the full account →There were two periods of noteworthy precipitation during the month. Snow fell nearly statewide on the 10th and 11th with up to 10.5 inches in Dickinson County while an inch or more accumulated over about the northeastern two-thirds of the state.
Read the full account →The seasons first strong push of warm air moved into Iowa during the overnight hours of the 1st into the 2nd. Temperatures rose through the night with readings soaring into the 60s to around 70 by the afternoon of the 2nd.
Read the full account →The seasons first strong push of warm air moved into Iowa during the overnight hours of the 1st into the 2nd. Temperatures rose through the night with readings soaring into the 60s to around 70 by the afternoon of the 2nd.
Read the full account →A strong push of moist and unstable air moved into Iowa during the day on the 24th. Surface temperatures warmed into the low to mid 70s over much of western and southern Iowa with dew point temperatures in the low to mid 60s.
Read the full account →A strong push of moist and unstable air moved into Iowa during the day on the 24th. Surface temperatures warmed into the low to mid 70s over much of western and southern Iowa with dew point temperatures in the low to mid 60s.
Read the full account →A strong push of moist and unstable air moved into Iowa during the day on the 24th. Surface temperatures warmed into the low to mid 70s over much of western and southern Iowa with dew point temperatures in the low to mid 60s.
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