Flood, Cedar
- When
- July 13, 1:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Iowa, July 13 to 20, 2000
Summary of July 13 - 20 event:The Cedar River rose above flood stage in mid July in response to heavy rain upstream of Conesville and Cedar Rapids. 14 feet (flood stage 12 ft) on July 18th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 DVN wrote it up.
Summary of July 13 - 20 event:The Cedar River rose above flood stage in mid July in response to heavy rain upstream of Conesville and Cedar Rapids. At Conesville, the river crested at 14.14 feet (flood stage 12 ft) on July 18th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Muscatine
- When
- July 13, 1:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Muscatine forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.484, -91.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Scott
- When
- July 13, 1:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.637, -90.623 (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
- Heat in Mississippi, July 13, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, July 13, 2000
- Flash Flood in Virginia, July 13, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 13, 2000
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, July 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 13 to 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 13, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, July 13, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 2000
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: 5155747, 5155748, 5155749.