IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 13 June 2002

Flash Flooding

Posted: 13 Jun 2002 07:27 AM

Thunderstorms dumped significant amounts of precip over some parts of the state. The Des Moines Metro was one of those parts. SchoolNet totals in Des Moines were 2.33 & 1.65 and the airport received unofficially 1.73 inches yesterday. The rain fell in a very short time span which resulted in flash flooding.