Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Warnings / 2012
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, May 2012
21 river flood warnings in May 2012. 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20126 river flood warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 71 hr |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 4 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 7 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 7 days |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 60 hr |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 12 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 69 hr |
| May 26, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 20 hr |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 5 days |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 6 days |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 52 hr |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 71 hr |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 8 days |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 9 days |
| May 28, 1:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 9 days |
| May 29, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 6 days |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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. Rebuilt daily.