4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A very unstable airmass moved into Iowa during the day on the 29th as a warm front lifted north into the state during the afternoon. Low pressure approached from the west, along with a cold front so that the triple point was near the western Iowa, eastern Nebraska area by late…
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell once again across a large part of Iowa, especially across the north and northeast. This rain fell on rivers that were already close to flood stage as they were just beginning to fall after the flooding from earlier in the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell once again across a large part of Iowa, especially across the north and northeast. This rain fell on rivers that were already close to flood stage as they were just beginning to fall after the flooding from earlier in the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell once again across a large part of Iowa, especially across the north and northeast. This rain fell on rivers that were already close to flood stage as they were just beginning to fall after the flooding from earlier in the month.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell once again across a large part of Iowa, especially across the north and northeast. This rain fell on rivers that were already close to flood stage as they were just beginning to fall after the flooding from earlier in the month.
Read the full account →A strong surge of very moist and unstable air moved into Iowa as a warm front stretched east to west along the Iowa/Missouri border. By the late afternoon hours, MUCAPE was in the 3000-4000 J/kg range with lifted indices between -5 and -8 C.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed over Kansas with a strong southerly flow of very moist air streaming into Iowa ahead of it. Surface temperatures warmed into the 80s with dew point readings in the low to mid 70s.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong storm system aloft was located over the northern Rockies. This produced a very strong northward push of moisture into Iowa.
Read the full account →A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa as a warm front lifted north slowly into the state. The warm air had moved in aloft as freezing levels increased from 14,600 feet in the morning, to 16,200 by the evening hours.
Read the full account →For much of the year, precipitation was above normal across the southeast and below normal over the northwest. Very heavy rain fell from the 25 to 27th over southeastern Iowa, resulting in widespread flooding.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →Iowa enjoyed a welcomed period of dry weather from February 21 through March 5. Unfortunately, temperatures remained too low to allow substantial melting of the considerable Iowa snowpack during this dry spell.
Read the full account →The series of strong thunderstorm continued to plague the state during the 3rd week of June. A large MCS rolled across the state, with the heaviest rain falling across the northern sections of the state.
Read the full account →The series of strong thunderstorm continued to plague the state during the 3rd week of June. A large MCS rolled across the state, with the heaviest rain falling across the northern sections of the state.
Read the full account →The series of strong thunderstorm continued to plague the state during the 3rd week of June. A large MCS rolled across the state, with the heaviest rain falling across the northern sections of the state.
Read the full account →A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa during the late afternoon and evening of the 22nd. Surface temperatures warmed into the upper 80s to low 90s over much of the state with dew point temperatures rising into the mid 70s to low 80s.
Read the full account →Another period of heavy rainfall affected the state as several MCS's swept across the state. A nearly stationary frontal boundary that had been in place through most of the month continued to be the focal point for thunderstorm activity.
Read the full account →Another period of heavy rainfall affected the state as several MCS's swept across the state. A nearly stationary frontal boundary that had been in place through most of the month continued to be the focal point for thunderstorm activity.
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