Flood Watches in Idaho
182 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 182
- Busiest year
- 202325 flood watches
- Average year
- 9over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bonner County50
- Kootenai County43
- Shoshone County43
- Boundary County42
- Latah County39
- Benewah County38
- Idaho County38
- Lewis County28
- Nez Perce County28
- Clearwater County27
- Washington County19
- Lemhi County18
- Adams County18
- Gem County18
- Valley County17
- Boise County15
- Camas County15
- Elmore County15
- Oneida County14
- Bannock County13
- Bingham County13
- Blaine County13
- Bonneville County13
- Power County13
- Caribou County12
- Franklin County12
- Madison County12
- Custer County11
- Fremont County11
- Bear Lake County10
- Butte County10
- Teton County10
- Cassia County9
- Clark County9
- Jefferson County7
- Lincoln County6
- Minidoka County6
- Owyhee County5
- Twin Falls County5
- Canyon County4
4 more counties
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 10:30 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:43 PM MDT | Flood Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Clark and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:42 PM MDT | Flood Watch | BOI | Adams, Gem, Valley, Washington | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:47 AM MDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Benewah, Latah | 36 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:45 PM MDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Bonner | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:35 PM MDT | Flood Watch | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 48 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:25 PM MDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce | 22 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.