Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2013
34 flash flood watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- May16 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20134 flash flood watches
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, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Davis, Decatur and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 12 more | 26 hr |
| May 19, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Mitchell | 35 hr |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 12 hr |
| May 25, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford and 17 more | 21 hr |
| May 26, 3:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 56 hr |
| May 26, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 26 hr |
| May 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 41 hr |
| May 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 37 hr |
| May 27, 6:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 22 hr |
| May 28, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 19 hr |
| May 28, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper and 12 more | 13 hr |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 37 hr |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 28 hr |
| May 29, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 56 hr |
| May 29, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 32 hr |
| May 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 54 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Floyd | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 39 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 17 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 27 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 3 days |
| Jun 23, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 3 days |
| Jun 24, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more | 51 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 51 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin | 39 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Poweshiek County9
- Black Hawk County8
- Grundy County8
- Mahaska County8
- Tama County8
- Jasper County8
- Mitchell County8
- Floyd County8
- Bremer County7
- Butler County7
- Wapello County7
- Marion County7
- Hardin County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Howard County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Cedar County6
- Clinton County6
- Des Moines County6
- Henry County6
- Iowa County6
- Jefferson County6
- Johnson County6
- Keokuk County6
- Louisa County6
- Muscatine County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Appanoose County6
- Davis County6
- Decatur County6
- Lucas County6
- Monroe County6
- Ringgold County6
- Taylor County6
- Wayne County6
- Madison County6
- Warren County6
- Audubon County6
- Boone County6
59 more counties
- Calhoun County6
- Carroll County6
- Crawford County6
- Dallas County6
- Greene County6
- Guthrie County6
- Hamilton County6
- Marshall County6
- Polk County6
- Sac County6
- Story County6
- Webster County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Emmet County6
- Franklin County6
- Hancock County6
- Humboldt County6
- Kossuth County6
- Palo Alto County6
- Winnebago County6
- Worth County6
- Wright County6
- Benton County5
- Buchanan County5
- Delaware County5
- Dubuque County5
- Jackson County5
- Jones County5
- Lee County5
- Linn County5
- Van Buren County5
- Clarke County5
- Union County5
- Dickinson County5
- Lyon County5
- O'Brien County5
- Osceola County5
- Sioux County5
- Pocahontas County5
- Allamakee County5
- Clayton County5
- Fayette County5
- Clay County4
- Plymouth County4
- Adair County4
- Adams County4
- Cass County4
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Ida County3
- Woodbury County3
- Harrison County2
- Monona County2
- Shelby County2
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.