Flash Flood, Decatur
- When
- June 12, 4:30 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Davis City
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.738, -93.786 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Iowa, June 12, 1999
Thunderstorms once again erupted over already saturated ground across southern Iowa. Over Decatur County, two to three inches of rain fell during a 2 hour period causing flooding across the county with several roads under water.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms once again erupted over already saturated ground across southern Iowa. Over Decatur County, two to three inches of rain fell during a 2 hour period causing flooding across the county with several roads under water.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5698945.