4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
March began with very welcome mild weather as temperatures reached 74�� at Keosauqua on the 2nd. Iowa entered the month with an extensive and very moisture-rich snowpack over northern areas of the state. Snowmelt, fortunately, was gradual, without any prolonged warm-ups.
Read the full account →March began with very welcome mild weather as temperatures reached 74�� at Keosauqua on the 2nd. Iowa entered the month with an extensive and very moisture-rich snowpack over northern areas of the state. Snowmelt, fortunately, was gradual, without any prolonged warm-ups.
Read the full account →March began with very welcome mild weather as temperatures reached 74�� at Keosauqua on the 2nd. Iowa entered the month with an extensive and very moisture-rich snowpack over northern areas of the state. Snowmelt, fortunately, was gradual, without any prolonged warm-ups.
Read the full account →A strong push of warm and unstable air pushed north into Iowa during the day on the 6th. Surface temperatures warmed into the upper 70s to mid 80s across the state, with dew point readings in the 55 to 60 degree range.
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →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 →Yet another heavy rain event affected much of central and south central Iowa on the night of the 27th with Guthrie Center reporting 6.73 inches of rain. A few unofficial reports were as high as 7 inches that fell in the Stuart area of southeast Guthrie County.
Read the full account →Yet another heavy rain event affected much of central and south central Iowa on the night of the 27th with Guthrie Center reporting 6.73 inches of rain. A few unofficial reports were as high as 7 inches that fell in the Stuart area of southeast Guthrie County.
Read the full account →A cold front moved through Iowa during the afternoon of the 11th into the morning of the 12th. The front stalled over southeast Iowa in response to a strong upper level ridge of high pressure building in the central and southeast U.S.
Read the full account →A cold front moved through Iowa during the afternoon of the 11th into the morning of the 12th. The front stalled over southeast Iowa in response to a strong upper level ridge of high pressure building in the central and southeast U.S.
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 →There were two wet periods during March that accounted for most of the month���s precipitation total. A pair of storm systems on the 7th-8th and 9th-10th brought a statewide average of 1.81 inches of precipitation.
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 →Rainfall was widespread and frequent from the 2nd through the 7th. Locally heavy rain fell over northeastern Iowa on the 5th-6th with 4.14 inches at Elkader.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
Read the full account →Two days of rainfall, with amounts of 3 to 5 inches total, occurred over parts of southern Iowa. The antecedent conditions were quite dry, so flooding was limited to ponding in fields for the most part and eventually some river flooding.
Read the full account →Rainfall was widespread and frequent from the 2nd through the 7th. Locally heavy rain fell over northeastern Iowa on the 5th-6th with 4.14 inches at Elkader.
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.
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