Alert archive / Iowa / Areal Flood Warnings
Areal Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009
28 areal flood warnings in 2009. 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 areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 28
- Busiest month
- August9 areal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- April 27, 20096 areal flood warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Lee, Scott | 78 days |
| Feb 11, 9:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 36 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 10 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 10 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 16 hr |
| May 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 12 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Union and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 21 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jones | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 48 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 42 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson | 48 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clinton County5
- Des Moines County5
- Lee County5
- Benton County5
- Linn County5
- Scott County4
- Henry County4
- Johnson County4
- Jones County4
- Tama County3
- Cedar County3
- Jefferson County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Van Buren County3
- Washington County3
- Decatur County3
- Marion County3
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Mahaska County2
- Wayne County2
- Adair County2
- Marshall County2
- Adams County2
- Clarke County2
- Union County2
- Appanoose County1
- Davis County1
- Lucas County1
- Monroe County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Wapello County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Audubon County1
- Cass County1
- Guthrie County1
- Buchanan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.