4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A major flash flood event began during the evening hours of July 9, as a large mesoscale convective system developed over northern Iowa and moved slowly southeast.
Read the full account →A major flash flood event began during the evening hours of July 9, as a large mesoscale convective system developed over northern Iowa and moved slowly southeast.
Read the full account →A major flash flood event began during the evening hours of July 9, as a large mesoscale convective system developed over northern Iowa and moved slowly southeast.
Read the full account →A large area of rain spread north and west into Iowa during the early morning hours of the 15th and continued through much of the morning of the 15th. Though the rainfall did not fall at a fast rate, it was steady over a long period of time.
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…
Read the full account →The first two weeks of May brought repeated convective storm activity to the DMX HSA, with many strong to severe thunderstorms and significant, although not generally excessive rainfall.
Read the full account →A strong mesoscale system moved across the northern one-third of the HSA during the early morning hours of the 4th producing numerous severe thunderstorms with high winds.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain struck northwest and extreme northern Iowa at mid-month. An area of thunderstorms, bringing mostly 1 to 2 inch rain amounts, fell across northwest Iowa on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th.
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 →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 →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 →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 →The March 1st blizzard, combined with very heavy snow from another storm on February 23-25, resulted in a snow cover of 20 to 30 inches over much of northern Iowa.
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