Alert archive / Iowa / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Iowa, 2014
6 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- April4 flood watches
- Busiest day
- April 13, 20143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:26 PM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton | 21 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Davis, Decatur, Grundy, Jasper and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:47 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 27 hr |
| May 11, 3:39 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Van Buren County3
- Clayton County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Washington County2
- Appanoose County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Grundy County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Monroe County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Wapello County1
- Wayne County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Fayette 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.