Flash Flood, Allamakee
- When
- July 2, 4:27 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.284, -91.378 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 2000
Law enforcement officials reported several gravel roads were washed out due to flash flooding. In addition, campgrounds near Harpers Ferry had to be evacuated due to high water.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $60,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Law enforcement officials reported several gravel roads were washed out due to flash flooding. In addition, campgrounds near Harpers Ferry had to be evacuated due to high water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Missouri, July 2 to 14, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 2, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 2 to 5, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 2, 2000
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 2, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 2, 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: 5175664.