Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2015
71 flash flood warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 71
- Busiest month
- June25 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 25, 20156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Linn | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Carroll, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Marion, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall, Story | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Union, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Page | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Page | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Marion, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Union | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story, Webster | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Carroll, Greene | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story, Tama | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boone County7
- Taylor County6
- Jackson County6
- Monroe County6
- Appanoose County6
- Wayne County6
- Greene County6
- Clinton County5
- Davis County5
- Dallas County5
- Woodbury County4
- Ringgold County4
- Scott County4
- Mahaska County4
- Guthrie County4
- Marion County4
- Story County4
- Page County3
- Iowa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Wapello County3
- Carroll County3
- Lucas County3
- Lee County3
- Marshall County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Hardin County3
- Linn County2
- Plymouth County2
- Fremont County2
- Benton County2
- Johnson County2
- Cedar County2
- Polk County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- Union County2
- Cherokee County2
- Ida County2
- Adams County2
28 more counties
- Webster County2
- Grundy County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Lyon County1
- Fayette County1
- Louisa County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Jasper County1
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Van Buren County1
- Dubuque County1
- Keokuk County1
- Washington County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Hamilton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Audubon County1
- Mills County1
- Tama 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.