4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →A cold front to the west of Iowa moved into the state during the day. Initially, the airmass was quite capped and thunderstorms had a hard time getting going.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →An unsettled weather pattern was over the central U.S. with numerous closed lows moving around a larger upper level trough of low pressure trough. A deformation area of rain formed during the late afternoon hours over Iowa.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →The month of June had to give Iowa one last gasp of heavy rainfall. Since the soil was already saturated, it did not take much rainfall to cause renewed flooding. Moderate rains of 1 to 2 inches occurred on the 27th through the 29th.
Read the full account →A cold front to the west of Iowa moved into the state during the day. Initially, the airmass was quite capped and thunderstorms had a hard time getting going.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall once again visited north central Iowa on the 23rd and 24th. The heaviest rains fell in the upper North Raccoon, Iowa, and upper Des Moines river basins. This initiated a new round of flooding within these basins.
Read the full account →The first 10 days of March were essentially dry and cool across the Des Moines HSA. There was some melting of the impressive snowpack still in place across the northern two thirds of Iowa, but not enough to prevent a record duration snow cover (one inch or more) to be…
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