From NWS
1989: Thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across most of Iowa on September 7-9. On the 7th Oelwein received 7.19 inches of rain making it the wettest day on record at that location. On the 8th Shenandoah measured 5.89 inches of rain with 80 to 90 percent of homes reporting basement flooding. Three-day rainfall totals were generally heaviest across the southern half of the Iowa with a swath of 4.5 to 7 inch amounts extending from the Missouri River south of Council Bluffs eastward to around Washington and Tama, including a total of 4.66 inches at Des Moines, and more than 7 inches falling in portions of southwestern Iowa where totals included 7.35 inches at Atlantic, 7.57 inches at Creston, 7.58 inches at Red Oak, 7.96 inches at Corning, 8.41 inches at Harlan, and 9.64 inches at Shenandoah.

8 September 1885 → Several F2 and F3 tornadoes struck Michigan and Ohio. Washington Court House, OH was hardest hit, where 300 buildings were destroyed. The town square was ruined and 200 homes were lost. Shingles were blown 14 miles downwind. 8 September 1900 → The greatest weather disaster in U.S. history occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston, TX. A tide 15 feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 people. The hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than $30 million. Winds to 120 mph and a 20 foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane. Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line. The hurricane claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area. 8 September 1965 → Hurricane Betsy crossed the Florida Keys during the early morning hours. Winds were estimated at 125 mph with gusts to 165 mph at Big Pine Key. 8 September 2004 → President George Bush visited the National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL making it the first time that a Commander in Chief had visited the facility. 8 September 2011 → The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee brought copious amounts of rainfall to the eastern United States. Eastern Pennsylvania was especially hard hit, where several locations received over a foot of rain (15.20″ at Elizabethtown over a span of five days) and the Susquehanna River set a record stage of 32.8 feet at Bloomsburg (nearly 14 feet over flood stage).

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