4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 complex weather situation unfolded over Iowa. Initially, a stationary front was located to the south of the state. An upper low pressure system was poised to the southwest of Iowa and began to lift out.
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 →A complex weather situation was set up over the central U.S. as a mesoscale convective system passed to the south of Iowa during the overnight hours and early morning of the 29th. Initially, the surface warm front was located to the south of this system.
Read the full account →A complex weather situation was set up over the central U.S. as a mesoscale convective system passed to the south of Iowa during the overnight hours and early morning of the 29th. Initially, the surface warm front was located to the south of this system.
Read the full account →A complex weather situation was set up over the central U.S. as a mesoscale convective system passed to the south of Iowa during the overnight hours and early morning of the 29th. Initially, the surface warm front was located to the south of this system.
Read the full account →A complex weather situation was set up over the central U.S. as a mesoscale convective system passed to the south of Iowa during the overnight hours and early morning of the 29th. Initially, the surface warm front was located to the south of this system.
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 →June of 1998 was an extremely active month in hydrology across the entire Des Moines HSA. Both flooding and flash flooding were widespread with near record crests recorded on many rivers. These crests reviled the great floods of 1993.
Read the full account →June of 1998 was an extremely active month in hydrology across the entire Des Moines HSA. Both flooding and flash flooding were widespread with near record crests recorded on many rivers. These crests reviled the great floods of 1993.
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 →For the most part, July was a welcome end to the very wet pattern that dominated Iowa during the month of June. However, during the first week of the month the wet pattern of June did continue.
Read the full account →For the most part, July was a welcome end to the very wet pattern that dominated Iowa during the month of June. However, during the first week of the month the wet pattern of June did continue.
Read the full account →For the most part, July was a welcome end to the very wet pattern that dominated Iowa during the month of June. However, during the first week of the month the wet pattern of June did continue.
Read the full account →For the most part, July was a welcome end to the very wet pattern that dominated Iowa during the month of June. However, during the first week of the month the wet pattern of June did continue.
Read the full account →Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
Read the full account →Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
Read the full account →Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
Read the full account →Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
Read the full account →Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
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