Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches / 2010
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, August 2010
18 flash flood watches in August 2010. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 18
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20103 flash flood watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 28 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Dallas, Franklin and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cedar County6
- Clinton County6
- Iowa County6
- Johnson County6
- Keokuk County6
- Louisa County6
- Muscatine County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Boone County5
- Dallas County5
- Jasper County5
- Madison County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Story County5
- Tama County5
- Warren County5
- Henry County5
- Jefferson County5
- Buena Vista County4
- Cherokee County4
- Clay County4
- Ida County4
- O'Brien County4
- Plymouth County4
- Sioux County4
- Woodbury County4
- Adair County4
- Audubon County4
- Cass County4
- Greene County4
- Guthrie County4
- Hamilton County4
- Webster County4
- Benton County4
- Buchanan County4
54 more counties
- Delaware County4
- Des Moines County4
- Dubuque County4
- Jackson County4
- Jones County4
- Lee County4
- Linn County4
- Van Buren County4
- Black Hawk County3
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Crawford County3
- Franklin County3
- Grundy County3
- Hardin County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Dickinson County3
- Lyon County3
- Osceola County3
- Humboldt County2
- Monroe County2
- Wapello County2
- Wright County2
- Clayton County2
- Fayette County2
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Shelby County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Clarke County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Emmet County1
- Hancock County1
- Kossuth County1
- Lucas County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wayne County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
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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.