Alert archive / Iowa / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Iowa, 2009
5 flood watches in 2009. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- November2 flood watches
- Busiest day
- November 16, 20092 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:39 PM CST | Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 23 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM CST | Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:01 AM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:47 PM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:58 PM CST | Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper and 11 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Appanoose County2
- Davis County2
- Lucas County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Wapello County2
- Wayne County2
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Lee County2
- Louisa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Washington County2
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Jasper County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Warren County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.