Rivers that went over flood stage in late June from excessive runoff, remained in flood to begin July. The flooding subsided very early in the month on the Turkey River but continued until the middle of the month along the Mississippi River.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Rivers that went over flood stage in late June from excessive runoff, remained in flood to begin July. The flooding subsided very early in the month on the Turkey River but continued until the middle of the month along the Mississippi River.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1045 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 438 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 WAKE LOW HAS DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG MCS TRACKING NOW JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST. LA CROSSE...PRESTON AND ON OUR OFFICE HAVE ALL OBSERVED GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALREADY. GIVEN THAT THE SOILS ARE MOIST...CONCERNED WE COULD END UP WITH MORE TREE DAMAGE THAN USUALLY WOULD OCCUR FOR THESE GUSTS. THEREFORE...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING TO ENCOMPASS ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. 8 PM END TIME SHOULD GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO STABILIZE. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 230 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 IN MIDST OF SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS COMPLEX MOVES BY JUST TO OUR SOUTH. MID LEVEL TROUGH PROVIDING WIDESPREAD FORCING WITH PLENTY OF SHEAR TO WORK WITH...BUT MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER LOCKED ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN IOWA BUT HAVE BEEN CLIMBING AHEAD OF COMPLEX INTO WISCONSIN. DCAPE IS ALSO HIGH SO COULD SEE HEALTHY DOWNDRAFTS AS STRONGER CORES MOVE THROUGH. SEEING A LITTLE INCREASE IN GROWTH OF STORMS AS THEY APPROACH MISSISSIPPI RIVER SO WARNING CHANCES HIGHEST NEXT FEW HOURS. EVEN ON NORTH SIDE OF COMPLEX...EFFICIENT RAINFALL ACROSS AREA THAT WAS HIT LAST NIGHT COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS SO HAVE CONTINUED THE WATCH INTO THE EVENING AS WELL. RUNOFF WILL BE QUICK AND WEVE SEEN RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND CREEKS WITH ANY STORMS. AS MID LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEAST...WILL SEE LOWER DEW POINTS START TO WORK IN BUT UNTIL THEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT. CONFIDENCE IN THAT LOW AT THIS POINT IN WAKE OF MUCH STRONGER COMPLEX TO THE SOUTH BUT WILL GRADUALLY WORK RAIN THREAT LOWER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. AS TROUGH DIVES INTO WESTERN GREAT LAKES TOMORROW...CLOUDS WILL ADVECT IN AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL MAKE FOR RAIN/SHOWERS AND ATYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER DAY FOR THE REGION. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 230 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 WITH FOCUS ON SHORT TERM AND ON-GOING WEATHER...MINIMAL TIME FOCUSED ON LATER PERIODS. REMAINING IMPACT OF TROUGH MAY LINGER A BIT WEDNESDAY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SMALL RAIN THREAT BUT AMPLIFICATION IN FLOW WILL BRING QUIETER NORTHWEST REGIME WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES. RIDGE TO THE WEST DOES NOT BUILD IN STRONG ENOUGH IT APPEARS TO KEEP SHORT WAVE ENERGY FROM BRINGING ANOTHER SHOWER RISK TOWARDS END OF HOLIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND BUT THOSE RISKS APPEAR SMALL. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1045 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE TAF SITES...WHICH WILL KEEP CONDITIONS VFR FOR EARLY THIS MORNING. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TAF SITES AROUND 12Z. IN ITS WAKE...A MASS OF MVFR TO VFR STRATOCUMULUS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE TAF SITES...WITH THE LOWEST CEILINGS AT RST. SOME SHOWERS ARE ALSO LIKELY HEADING INTO THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND COOL AIR ALOFT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL...BUT THE PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAFS. EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TOO BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BECOMING GUSTY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM HEATING. A GRADUAL LOWERING IN CEILINGS IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS...ALONG WITH A DIMINISHING OF THE GUSTS AT LSE BEING IN THE VALLEY. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 1045 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 THE FLASH FLOOD CONCERN IS OVER. ATTENTION NOW FOCUSES ON THE RIVERS...AND IN PARTICULAR THE TURKEY AND THE MISSISSIPPI. FOR THE TURKEY...AT ELKADER AND GARBER...RIVER FORECASTS WERE LOWERED THIS EVENING AS THE EXTENT AND AMOUNT OF FALLEN PRECIPITATION WAS LESS THAN EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...THE MISSISSIPPI APPEARS TO BE CRESTING FROM LAKE CITY TO LA CROSSE WITH MOST OF THE LOCATIONS IN A MODERATE FLOOD STATE. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM...MCGREGOR WAS ADDED TO THE FORECAST OF MODERATE FLOOD AS A RESULT OF RUNOFF COMING DOWN THE WISCONSIN RIVER. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && UPDATE...AJ SHORT TERM...SHEA LONG TERM...SHEA AVIATION...AJ HYDROLOGY...SHEA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 822 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ017-029-034-042>044- 055-011200- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND- 822 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF THERE WILL BE ANY ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032-033-041-053-054-061-011200- ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- 822 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AS WELL AS THE TURKEY RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF THERE WILL BE ANY ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
808 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG GUTTENBERG 42.79N 91.10W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A LOT OF TREES DOWN BEING CLEANED UP FROM GARBER TO
OSTERDOCK AND GUTTENBERG. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR WHEN
THE SEVERE WIND GUSTS MOVED THROUGH.
0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 W RANDALIA 42.86N 91.95W
06/30/2014 FAYETTE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
T AVENUE...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 93 AND 160TH ST...IS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
AJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
818 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND GST OELWEIN 42.68N 91.91W
06/30/2014 M58 MPH FAYETTE IA AWOS
KOLZ G50KTS
0240 PM TSTM WND GST OELWEIN 42.68N 91.91W
06/30/2014 E60 MPH FAYETTE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
0300 PM TSTM WND GST STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
06/30/2014 E60 MPH CLAYTON IA PUBLIC
60+ MPH WIND GUSTS
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG VOLGA 42.80N 91.54W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
0307 PM TSTM WND GST VOLGA 42.80N 91.54W
06/30/2014 E80 MPH CLAYTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG ELKADER 42.86N 91.40W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
0316 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GARBER 42.74N 91.26W
06/30/2014 E75 MPH CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG GUTTENBERG 42.79N 91.10W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A LOT OF TREES DOWN BEING CLEANED UP FROM
GARBER TO OSTERDOCK AND GUTTENBERG. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR WHEN THE SEVERE WIND
GUSTS MOVED THROUGH.
0349 PM TSTM WND DMG PATCH GROVE 42.94N 90.97W
06/30/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WSW WERLEY 43.00N 90.82W
06/30/2014 GRANT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS. TREE
BRANCHES AND LIMBS FLYING. SOME TREES DOWN
NEARBY.
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N LANCASTER 42.88N 90.71W
06/30/2014 M78 MPH GRANT WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
0403 PM FLASH FLOOD GUTTENBERG 42.79N 91.10W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 52 FOR A TIME BUT HAS
RECEDED SINCE
0410 PM FLASH FLOOD OSBORNE 42.80N 91.44W
06/30/2014 CLAYTON IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 13 FOR A TIME BUT HAS
RECEDED
0411 PM FUNNEL CLOUD LIVINGSTON 42.90N 90.43W
06/30/2014 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR
0411 PM TSTM WND GST LIVINGSTON 42.90N 90.43W
06/30/2014 M70 MPH GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR
0417 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 N FRENCH ISLAND 43.87N 91.26W
06/30/2014 M48 MPH LA CROSSE WI ASOS
KLSE ASOS
0426 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ESE LA CROSSE 43.81N 91.19W
06/30/2014 E43 MPH LA CROSSE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
MEASURED WIND GUST ON OFFICE EQUIPMENT
0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 W RANDALIA 42.86N 91.95W
06/30/2014 FAYETTE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
T AVENUE...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 93 AND 160TH
ST...IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
AJThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding that began in late June on the Turkey River in Elkader ended when the river went below the flood stage on the first day of July.
Flooding that began in late June on the Mississippi River in McGregor continued into the second week of July before the river went below the flood stage. The river crested over 2.5 feet above the flood stage at 18.68 feet.
Flooding that began in late June on the Mississippi River in Guttenberg continued into the second week of July before the river went below the flood stage. The river crested 2 feet above the flood stage at 17 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 2014
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: 533220, 533401, 533402.