Flood, Audubon
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Audubon forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -94.906 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $35,000
- Events
- 7
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.
After a needed week of dry weather, moderate to heavy rains returned to parts of the HSA, mostly during the overnight hours of june 22 into the 23rd. The heaviest rains fell over the Raccoon and Des Moines river basins in west central and central Iowa. Guthrie Center, in the Middle Raccoon watershed picked up a 24 hour total of 3.09 inches. Boon, along the Des Moines River received 2.86 inches. Response on the Raccoon was quite rapid, with the gage at Van Meter climbing from near 7 feet to 13.7 feet (flood stage is 13 feet) in about 18 hours by the afternoon of the 23rd. Damage from this flooding event was very minor as most rivers and streams did not exceed flood stage by very much. The flood waters were well within the normal flood plain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Butler
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.732, -92.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Carroll
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.036, -94.861 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Dallas
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -94.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Greene
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.036, -94.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Grundy
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.402, -92.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Guthrie
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -94.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 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: 5699293, 5699294, 5699945, 5699946, 5699947, 5699948, 5699949.