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 records coded as Flash Flood in Des Moines during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports14NOAA county-coded rows
Population context36.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 38,487
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

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

How the record changed

20162
20184
20193
20212
20223
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

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 records in this slice

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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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