Recovery has been slow and long in the year since the flood water receded. Numerous houses are being bulldozed and many residents are waiting for buyouts. Damage has been estimated over 1 Billion Dollars in Iowa, making it one of the worst disasters in the United States. Many businesses have reopened in the flood damaged …
Category: Flooding
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 2
The rivers are embeded in memory, Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Iowa, Des Moines, Mississippi, Turkey, Upper Iowa. They are along with many others were the ones that flooded to in some cases unbelieveable records. For only the second time ever, the Coralville Reservoir went over the emergency dam, (the other time was 1993) and crested just over …
Flash Flood Warning (Lee) until 8am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 200 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 1
No words can describe what occurred across the state of Iowa a year ago. Rivers were cresting or within a week of cresting (some at record levels) across the state. At Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River crested 11 feet above the previous record (31.2 feet) on June 13th. The river flowed into neighborhoods that thought …
Flash Flood Warning (Des Moines, Lee)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 129 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… …
River Flooding Returns
Due to recent heavy rain in certain parts of the state, a few river flood warnings have been issued for the following rivers in the state. These will be in effect through at least this weekend. The West Fork Cedar River at Finchford (Major Flooding Possible) Beaver Creek at New Hartford Cedar River at Cedar …
Areal Flood Advisory (Story)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN… WESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 517 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. …
River Flooding Occurring
Due to the recent rains from Wednesday’s storm and the current storm occurring now, river flood warnings are being issued for numerous rivers in the state. Here is the following rivers under River Flood warnings. Iowa River at Marengo Iowa River at Lone Tree Iowa River at Columbus Junction Iowa River at Wapello Wapsipinicon River …
Counties under Flash Flood Warnings
As of Noon, here are the counties currently under Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa. Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor and Union until 4pm. Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and Van Buren until 3:45pm. Nearly 2 inches of rain has fallen in these areas with more heavy rain to come.
Flash Flood Watch for Friday
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch which goes into effect at 6am Friday morning and will be in effect until 6pm Friday evening for the following counties, Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and Washington. The National Weather Service …