Alert archive / Iowa / Areal Flood Warnings
Areal Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019
59 areal flood warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 59
- Busiest month
- March40 areal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- March 13, 201917 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 19 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 72 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Shelby | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Monona | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Polk, Story | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Monona | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Wright | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 34 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 18 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie | 48 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 33 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 7 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 22 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 12 hr |
| May 24, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 6 hr |
| May 28, 7:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 5 hr |
| May 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair | 9 hr |
| May 28, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello and 1 more | 24 hr |
| May 29, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Muscatine, Van Buren, Washington | 12 hr |
| May 29, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 12 hr |
| May 29, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren, Washington | 14 hr |
| May 30, 3:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren and 1 more | 33 hr |
| May 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Henry | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 9 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Howard, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 21 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 21 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County10
- Mills County8
- Fremont County7
- Monona County7
- Harrison County6
- Montgomery County5
- Humboldt County5
- Webster County5
- Sioux County5
- Story County5
- Kossuth County5
- Franklin County5
- Hardin County5
- Van Buren County4
- Shelby County4
- Page County4
- Boone County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Bremer County4
- Clayton County4
- Clarke County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Ida County3
- Plymouth County3
- Woodbury County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Crawford County3
- Greene County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Adair County3
- Clay County3
- Dickinson County3
- Lyon County3
- O'Brien County3
- Osceola County3
- Hamilton County3
- Emmet County3
44 more counties
- Hancock County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Winnebago County3
- Wright County3
- Butler County3
- Grundy County3
- Marshall County3
- Tama County3
- Allamakee County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Washington County3
- Mahaska County2
- Dallas County2
- Guthrie County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- Audubon County2
- Adams County2
- Cass County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Polk County2
- Fayette County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Worth County2
- Howard County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Appanoose County2
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Chickasaw County1
- Floyd County1
- Mitchell County1
- Davis County1
- Lucas County1
- Monroe County1
- Wapello County1
- Wayne County1
- Keokuk County1
- Muscatine County1
- Louisa County1
- Decatur 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.