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Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2017

17 flash flood watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Watches
17
Busiest month
July10 flash flood watches
Busiest day
July 12, 20173 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 18 more19 hr
May 10, 9:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 8 more8 hr
Jun 29, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdams, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor19 hr
Jul 11, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAllamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek19 hr
Jul 12, 9:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNDubuque6 hr
Jul 12, 2:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 6 more15 hr
Jul 12, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 3 more12 hr
Jul 20, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more40 hr
Jul 20, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more41 hr
Jul 21, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Tama20 hr
Jul 26, 3:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more20 hr
Jul 26, 3:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more17 hr
Jul 26, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXFremont, Montgomery, Page17 hr
Oct 2, 2:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDLyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux13 hr
Oct 6, 4:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 17 more23 hr
Oct 6, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDCherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury11 hr
Oct 14, 3:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more19 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

37 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 12, 20173flash flood watches
  2. July 26, 20173flash flood watches
  3. July 20, 20172flash flood watches
  4. October 6, 20172flash flood watches
  5. April 18, 20171flash flood watches
  6. May 10, 20171flash flood watches
  7. June 29, 20171flash flood watches
  8. July 11, 20171flash flood watches
  9. July 21, 20171flash flood watches
  10. October 2, 20171flash flood watches
  11. October 14, 20171flash flood watches

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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.