4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A warm front extended from a low pressure area over northeast Nebraska, southeast through central into southeast Iowa. A cold front extended south from the low into Kansas. South of the warm front, dew point temperatures were in the low 70s.
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 →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 →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 →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
Read the full account →Another strong low pressure system moved across Kansas and Missouri on the 21st and 22nd. This system brought moderate to heavy rainfall to the Des Moines HSA. In the overnight hours of 21 April, heavy rains fell in the extreme upper end of the North Raccoon River basin.
Read the full account →The first two weeks of June saw a continuation of the pattern that persisted through much of May with heavy rains across most of the Des Moines HSA during the period.
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