Iowa, 2000

Flash Flood in Iowa, June 13, 2000

June 13, 2000 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
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.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Woodbury

When
June 13, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Woodbury County, Sergeant Bluff
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
42.390, -96.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Very heavy rain caused widespread street and lowland flooding.

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.

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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: 5154163.