Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1993
173 flash flood warnings in 1993. 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 1993. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 173
- Busiest month
- July78 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 5, 199316 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Wapello | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jones | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 3 hr |
| May 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 2 hr |
| May 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Davis, Jefferson, Van Buren, Wapello | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jones | 3 hr |
| May 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Davis, Jefferson, Van Buren, Wapello | 4 hr |
| May 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Washington | 4 hr |
| May 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jones | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Keokuk | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Davis | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Clay, Sac | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 81 min |
| Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Taylor | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 110 min |
| Jun 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton, Iowa | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Washington | 68 min |
| Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 107 min |
| Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Johnson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Johnson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Mills | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clay, Dickinson | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buena Vista | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone | 96 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 115 min |
| Jun 29, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 82 min |
| Jun 30, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 14 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 16 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa, Keokuk, Poweshiek | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton, Johnson, Linn | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Delaware | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Delaware | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jones | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 10 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Sac | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Greene | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Monona | 119 min |
| Jul 8, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 119 min |
| Jul 9, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 75 min |
| Jul 9, 10:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wayne | 102 min |
| Jul 10, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dickinson, Emmet | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clay, Palo Alto | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hardin, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 97 min |
| Jul 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Mills | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Benton | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Johnson, Linn | 67 min |
| Jul 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hardin | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Linn | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 116 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 119 min |
| Aug 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hardin | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Linn | 118 min |
| Aug 15, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Howard, Winneshiek | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 94 min |
| Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 90 min |
| Aug 18, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jones County14
- Polk County12
- Fremont County9
- Benton County7
- Linn County7
- Washington County7
- Kossuth County6
- Decatur County6
- Dallas County6
- Emmet County5
- Iowa County5
- Johnson County5
- Clayton County5
- Keokuk County4
- Wapello County4
- Appanoose County4
- Davis County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Marion County4
- Mills County4
- Jackson County4
- Ringgold County4
- Clarke County4
- Union County4
- Dubuque County4
- Greene County4
- Story County4
- Jasper County4
- Van Buren County3
- Wayne County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Clay County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Montgomery County3
- Page County3
- Dickinson County3
- Lyon County3
- Osceola County3
- Lucas County3
37 more counties
- Mahaska County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Guthrie County3
- Marshall County3
- Cass County3
- Hardin County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Jefferson County2
- Hamilton County2
- Sac County2
- Taylor County2
- Des Moines County2
- Boone County2
- Scott County2
- Delaware County2
- Carroll County2
- Crawford County2
- Buchanan County2
- Audubon County2
- Tama County2
- Madison County2
- Monroe County1
- Cherokee County1
- Ida County1
- Webster County1
- Adams County1
- Clinton County1
- Shelby County1
- Monona County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Adair County1
- Warren County1
- Lee County1
- Howard County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Mitchell County1
- Louisa 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. Rebuilt daily.