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River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2018

144 river flood watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

River Flood Watches
144
Busiest month
June49 river flood watches
Busiest day
June 21, 201812 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
Feb 21, 10:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines6 days
Apr 13, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk24 hr
Apr 13, 3:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson42 hr
Apr 18, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt48 hr
Apr 19, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine24 hr
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDubuque8 days
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine35 hr
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa35 hr
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa35 hr
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines35 hr
Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee35 hr
May 1, 4:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton24 hr
May 1, 4:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNScott24 hr
May 3, 11:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJackson11 hr
May 3, 11:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLee7 days
May 3, 2:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk6 days
May 3, 9:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine56 hr
May 3, 9:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson14 hr
May 3, 9:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk5 days
May 3, 9:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWright37 hr
May 3, 9:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk13 hr
May 4, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBenton, Linn5 days
May 4, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Johnson, Linn7 days
May 4, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
May 4, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa5 days
May 4, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa5 days
May 8, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott49 hr
May 10, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas49 hr
May 10, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt25 hr
May 10, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk3 days
May 22, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXEmmet24 hr
Jun 8, 2:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk40 hr
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBuchanan, Linn15 hr
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Jones, Linn13 hr
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott61 hr
Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBenton, Linn6 days
Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Johnson, Linn8 days
Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine49 hr
Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler13 hr
Jun 9, 9:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk13 hr
Jun 10, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Jones, Linn13 hr
Jun 15, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa5 days
Jun 15, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa6 days
Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXEmmet14 hr
Jun 18, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk6 days
Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk6 days
Jun 20, 10:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa, Johnson34 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Polk6 days
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk6 days
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk34 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk, Story7 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXJasper, Marion, Polk10 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXEmmet6 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt10 hr
Jun 20, 9:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt, Kossuth13 hr
Jun 20, 9:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWright5 days
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDubuque, Jackson24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine, Scott24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa, Muscatine24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines24 hr
Jun 20, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee24 hr
Jun 21, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXCerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth62 hr
Jun 21, 11:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott24 hr
Jun 21, 2:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNMuscatine24 hr
Jun 21, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine12 hr
Jun 22, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa10 hr
Jun 22, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDubuque3 days
Jun 22, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton5 days
Jun 22, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNScott5 days
Jun 24, 9:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBoone, Hamilton, Webster37 hr
Jun 25, 10:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWright22 hr
Jun 26, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLee3 days
Jun 28, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa13 hr
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk24 hr
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWright4 days
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk7 days
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk16 hr
Jun 30, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Greene7 days
Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBoone, Hamilton, Webster4 hr
Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk3 days
Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk, Story7 hr
Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXJasper, Marion, Polk7 hr
Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXStory10 hr
Aug 20, 8:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Greene48 hr
Sep 4, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXCerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth13 hr
Sep 4, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler25 hr
Sep 18, 9:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa24 hr
Sep 19, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBenton, Linn7 days
Sep 19, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Johnson, Linn48 hr
Sep 19, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine35 hr
Sep 19, 9:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott12 hr
Sep 19, 9:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa37 hr
Sep 19, 9:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Sep 19, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt, Kossuth7 days
Sep 20, 4:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWebster24 hr
Sep 20, 4:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas6 days
Sep 20, 10:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Sep 20, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXTama3 days
Sep 20, 11:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines35 hr
Sep 20, 11:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Lee35 hr
Sep 21, 11:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDes Moines, Louisa24 hr
Sep 21, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt23 hr
Oct 1, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk12 hr
Oct 1, 3:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Jones, Linn6 hr
Oct 1, 9:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJackson13 hr
Oct 1, 10:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXMarshall16 hr
Oct 1, 10:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXTama41 hr
Oct 6, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk7 days
Oct 6, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk5 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk7 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXMarshall5 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXTama5 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk49 hr
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt7 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPolk8 days
Oct 6, 9:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Greene7 days
Oct 6, 9:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBenton, Linn8 days
Oct 6, 9:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNCedar, Johnson, Linn35 hr
Oct 7, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWebster8 days
Oct 7, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXEmmet43 hr
Oct 7, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXHumboldt, Kossuth7 days
Oct 7, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott15 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXWright6 days
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBoone, Hamilton, Webster54 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas24 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDallas, Polk37 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXCerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth4 days
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler36 hr
Oct 8, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNJackson5 hr
Oct 8, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDavis, Wapello4 days
Oct 8, 10:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDecatur3 hr
Oct 9, 12:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXDavis, Wapello10 hr
Oct 9, 4:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDMXJasper, Marion, Polk29 hr
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa6 days
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington4 days
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLouisa24 hr
Nov 30, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNClinton, Scott71 hr
Nov 30, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNJohnson, Washington36 hr
Dec 1, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNLee24 hr
Dec 26, 10:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchDVNIowa58 hr
Dec 27, 10:32 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk36 hr

By county

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

2 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 21, 201812river flood watches
  2. October 7, 201812river flood watches
  3. May 4, 201810river flood watches
  4. September 20, 201810river flood watches
  5. October 8, 20189river flood watches
  6. June 10, 20188river flood watches
  7. June 20, 20188river flood watches
  8. April 30, 20186river flood watches
  9. June 30, 20185river flood watches
  10. July 1, 20185river flood watches
  11. September 19, 20184river flood watches
  12. November 4, 20184river 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.