Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Watches
River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2016
43 river flood watches in 2016. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- September22 river flood watches
- Busiest day
- September 22, 201619 river flood watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 7 days |
| Jun 22, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 63 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 4 days |
| Jun 22, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 4 days |
| Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 4 days |
| Aug 11, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton | 19 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Clayton | 19 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:15 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 4 days |
| Aug 11, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 4 days |
| Aug 11, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 4 days |
| Aug 12, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 6 days |
| Aug 12, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 5 days |
| Aug 12, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 7 days |
| Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 8 days |
| Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 7 days |
| Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 6 days |
| Aug 29, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 5 days |
| Aug 30, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 8 days |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 8 days |
| Sep 15, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Linn | 8 days |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 8 days |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 38 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Jackson | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton | 71 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Muscatine | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Lee | 48 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Jackson | 4 days |
| Oct 31, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 4 days |
| Dec 26, 1:11 AM CST | River Flood Watch | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 6 days |
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.
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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.