NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19057MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

DES MOINES · IA

Flash Flood history

NOAA recorded 14 county-coded Flash Flood reports in Des Moines, IA, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $3K in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports14NOAA county-coded rows
Population context36.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 38,487
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

14 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.4-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Flash Flood in Des Moines reports by year

NOAA recorded 14 Flash Flood in Des Moines reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20162
20184
20193
20212
20223
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Flash Flood in Des Moines

The Flash Flood in Des Moines records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $3K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$3Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,022within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Flash Flood in Des Moines source records

NOAA supplied 8 recent Flash Flood in Des Moines source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

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Latest NOAA Flash Flood records for Des Moines
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2022-09-03NOAA 1,057,567Emergency Manager—$0
2022-05-26NOAA 1,021,835Law Enforcement—$0
2022-05-26NOAA 1,021,834Emergency Manager—$0
2021-08-11NOAA 973,376Emergency Manager—$0
2021-08-11NOAA 973,375Emergency Manager—$0
2019-06-01NOAA 834,198County Official—$0
2019-05-28NOAA 826,718Emergency Manager—$0
2019-05-27NOAA 826,412Law Enforcement—$0
READING THE RECORD

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