Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2014
44 flash flood watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- June28 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 30, 20145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 10 hr |
| May 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 32 more | 15 hr |
| May 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 22 hr |
| May 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Clarke, Davis and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 13 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 32 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Monona | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 54 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 30 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 13 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 39 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 26 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 11 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 18 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Ringgold and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 19 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford | 18 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adair County10
- Calhoun County10
- Carroll County10
- Cass County10
- Crawford County10
- Pocahontas County10
- Audubon County9
- Cerro Gordo County9
- Greene County9
- Grundy County9
- Madison County9
- Marshall County9
- Ringgold County9
- Sac County9
- Story County9
- Union County9
- Webster County9
- Pottawattamie County8
- Adams County8
- Black Hawk County8
- Boone County8
- Bremer County8
- Butler County8
- Dallas County8
- Emmet County8
- Guthrie County8
- Hamilton County8
- Hancock County8
- Hardin County8
- Humboldt County8
- Kossuth County8
- Palo Alto County8
- Tama County8
- Taylor County8
- Winnebago County8
- Worth County8
- Wright County8
- Clarke County8
- Decatur County8
- Harrison County7
59 more counties
- Monona County7
- Shelby County7
- Franklin County7
- Polk County7
- Allamakee County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Floyd County7
- Howard County7
- Mitchell County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Fremont County6
- Mills County6
- Montgomery County6
- Page County6
- Clayton County6
- Fayette County6
- Lucas County6
- Warren County6
- Wayne County6
- Buena Vista County6
- Cherokee County6
- Plymouth County6
- Sioux County6
- Woodbury County6
- Appanoose County5
- Davis County5
- Jasper County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Clay County5
- Lyon County5
- O'Brien County5
- Ida County5
- Monroe County4
- Wapello County4
- Dickinson County4
- Osceola County4
- Benton County4
- Buchanan County4
- Delaware County4
- Dubuque County4
- Jackson County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Cedar County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Iowa County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Keokuk County3
- Lee County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Van Buren County3
- Washington County3
- Clinton County3
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.