Flood — Polk, Iowa

2008-06-01 to 2008-06-24 · near Johnston, Polk, Iowa

Wider weather episode

Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month. The first series of heavy rain events caused flooding over a large part of Iowa. Some of the flooding began as flash flooding, then transitioned into general river flooding. A considerable amount of agricultural land was put under water due to the extensive river flooding. This began what would be a catastrophic loss in agricultural production.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 104420. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.