Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1986
14 flash flood warnings in 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 14
- Busiest month
- June4 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 30, 19862 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair | 89 min |
| Aug 13, 9:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 114 min |
| Sep 20, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa, Keokuk, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 114 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.