Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Watches
River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2022
11 river flood watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- April7 river flood watches
- Busiest day
- April 22, 20226 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 21, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 4 days |
| Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Keokuk | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 3 days |
| Apr 22, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 7 days |
| Apr 22, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 6 days |
| Apr 22, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 6 days |
| Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 14 hr |
| May 2, 7:56 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 14 hr |
| May 29, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 25 hr |
| May 29, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 5 days |
| Aug 7, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 34 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.
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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.