Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches / 2015
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, August 2015
6 flash flood watches in August 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20153 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 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 17 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Monona | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County2
- Lyon County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Plymouth County2
- Sioux County2
- Jefferson County1
- Van Buren County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Ida County1
- Woodbury County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Kossuth 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.