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River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2017

73 river flood watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

River Flood Watches
73
Busiest month
May21 river flood watches
Busiest day
July 22, 20179 river 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 2:41 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa7 days
Jan 22, 8:24 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson7 days
Jan 24, 10:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott24 hr
Feb 23, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine25 hr
Feb 23, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson25 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa47 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa47 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines24 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee24 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNDubuque, Jackson5 days
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine, Scott47 hr
Feb 26, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine47 hr
Feb 27, 10:28 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott6 days
Feb 28, 10:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton8 days
Feb 28, 10:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine4 days
Mar 1, 9:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott7 days
Mar 29, 10:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson7 days
Mar 30, 8:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott52 hr
Apr 3, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson7 days
Apr 5, 10:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott4 days
Apr 5, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines8 days
Apr 5, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee7 days
Apr 6, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee64 hr
Apr 15, 8:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson6 days
Apr 16, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa5 days
Apr 16, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine4 days
Apr 17, 8:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines5 days
Apr 19, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa58 hr
Apr 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa6 days
Apr 25, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa7 days
Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott7 days
Apr 28, 11:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine, Scott25 hr
Apr 28, 11:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine25 hr
Apr 28, 11:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine25 hr
Apr 29, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa7 days
Apr 29, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa7 days
Apr 29, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJohnson, Washington5 days
May 1, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLee4 days
May 3, 9:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson57 hr
May 19, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk5 days
May 19, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk6 days
May 19, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Greene5 days
May 19, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa5 days
May 19, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson4 days
May 19, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa7 days
May 19, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJohnson, Washington4 days
May 19, 9:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines24 hr
May 21, 3:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Greene5 days
May 21, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDubuque, Jackson50 hr
May 22, 10:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott50 hr
May 22, 10:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine, Scott50 hr
May 22, 10:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa50 hr
May 23, 12:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton46 hr
May 23, 12:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNScott24 hr
May 23, 12:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine24 hr
May 23, 12:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine24 hr
May 24, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJackson8 days
May 28, 10:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLee48 hr
Jun 28, 10:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott6 days
Jul 21, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDelaware, Jones67 hr
Jul 21, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJackson4 days
Jul 21, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBuchanan, Linn5 days
Jul 21, 3:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk5 days
Jul 21, 9:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Jones, Linn7 days
Jul 21, 9:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott24 hr
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott5 days
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine7 days
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine8 days
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa24 hr
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines24 hr
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee24 hr
Oct 5, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXEmmet7 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.

  1. July 22, 20179river flood watches
  2. February 26, 20177river flood watches
  3. May 19, 20177river flood watches
  4. April 28, 20174river flood watches
  5. May 23, 20174river flood watches
  6. July 21, 20174river flood watches
  7. April 5, 20173river flood watches
  8. April 16, 20173river flood watches
  9. April 29, 20173river flood watches
  10. May 22, 20173river flood watches
  11. February 23, 20172river flood watches
  12. February 28, 20172river flood watches

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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.