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River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2023

40 river flood warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

River Flood Warnings
40
Busiest month
April24 river flood warnings
Busiest day
April 17, 20239 river flood warnings

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
Feb 27, 9:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningARXClayton26 hr
Feb 27, 9:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningARXClayton23 hr
Feb 27, 10:53 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk33 hr
Feb 27, 3:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott10 days
Feb 27, 3:17 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth16 hr
Feb 27, 7:17 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningARXWinneshiek17 hr
Feb 27, 8:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNBenton, Iowa50 hr
Feb 27, 8:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine8 days
Feb 27, 10:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler47 hr
Feb 28, 11:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk3 days
Mar 22, 3:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDSioux11 hr
Mar 29, 2:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDickinson10 days
Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay70 hr
Apr 8, 11:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon5 days
Apr 9, 5:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDSioux21 days
Apr 9, 8:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPlymouth21 days
Apr 10, 4:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon, Sioux21 days
Apr 11, 3:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon8 days
Apr 12, 3:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPlymouth21 days
Apr 14, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson32 days
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDubuque28 days
Apr 14, 12:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines40 days
Apr 14, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee40 days
Apr 15, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton30 days
Apr 16, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXClayton25 days
Apr 17, 12:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott30 days
Apr 17, 12:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Jackson23 days
Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton26 days
Apr 17, 12:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNScott27 days
Apr 17, 12:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott32 days
Apr 17, 12:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNMuscatine30 days
Apr 17, 12:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine34 days
Apr 17, 1:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa34 days
Apr 17, 1:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa36 days
Apr 19, 3:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXAllamakee14 days
Apr 24, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee21 days
May 13, 11:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDickinson7 days
May 14, 8:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay21 days
May 14, 8:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay5 days
May 15, 10:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXWinneshiek9 hr

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 17, 20239river flood warnings
  2. February 27, 20235river flood warnings
  3. February 28, 20235river flood warnings
  4. April 14, 20234river flood warnings
  5. April 9, 20233river flood warnings
  6. May 14, 20232river flood warnings
  7. March 22, 20231river flood warnings
  8. March 29, 20231river flood warnings
  9. April 4, 20231river flood warnings
  10. April 10, 20231river flood warnings
  11. April 11, 20231river flood warnings
  12. April 12, 20231river flood warnings

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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.