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Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1997

29 flash flood warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Warnings
29
Busiest month
June12 flash flood warnings
Busiest day
June 16, 19976 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 10:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningDMXPolk5 hr
Feb 21, 12:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNClinton, Jackson12 hr
Feb 21, 12:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNHenry, Lee, Van Buren12 hr
Feb 21, 12:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott12 hr
Feb 21, 12:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNDes Moines12 hr
Feb 21, 12:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNDubuque, Jones12 hr
May 18, 5:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNBenton, Linn3 hr
May 18, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDubuque3 hr
Jun 15, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJackson, Jones3 hr
Jun 16, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJackson, Jones3 hr
Jun 16, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJackson5 hr
Jun 16, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJones5 hr
Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren5 hr
Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJefferson5 hr
Jun 22, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFranklin, Hancock, Wright3 hr
Jun 22, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXButler3 hr
Jun 23, 1:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton4 hr
Jun 29, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDubuque3 hr
Jun 29, 3:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDubuque3 hr
Jun 29, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNLinn3 hr
Jul 19, 9:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth3 hr
Jul 23, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXCrawford34 min
Jul 23, 8:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXCrawford33 min
Jul 24, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPolk6 hr
Aug 16, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNMuscatine5 hr
Aug 17, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Johnson8 hr
Aug 17, 1:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNKeokuk, Washington7 hr
Sep 2, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie4 hr
Sep 2, 8:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNLinn4 hr

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.

  1. June 16, 19976flash flood warnings
  2. February 21, 19975flash flood warnings
  3. June 23, 19973flash flood warnings
  4. June 29, 19973flash flood warnings
  5. August 17, 19973flash flood warnings
  6. May 18, 19972flash flood warnings
  7. July 23, 19972flash flood warnings
  8. September 2, 19972flash flood warnings
  9. February 20, 19971flash flood warnings
  10. July 20, 19971flash flood warnings
  11. July 24, 19971flash flood warnings

Nearby

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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.