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Iowa weather alerts

1 active alert across 6 counties in Iowa right now: a Flood Watch. Pick a county or city for what is active, what it means, and a year of history.

6 of 99 counties with alerts most common now: Flood Watch All counties Get alerts on your phone →

Where the alerts are right now

Calhoun County
Flood Watch 1 Crawford County
Flood Watch 1 Emmet County
Flood Watch 1 Palo Alto County
Flood Watch 1 Pocahontas County
Flood Watch 1 Sac County
Flood Watch 1

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Last 7 days

Recently issued in Iowa

AlertAreaIssuedEnded
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Fremont County 6:43 PM Active
Flash Flood Warning Cherokee County 6:09 PM 6:15 PM
Flash Flood Warning Emmet County 5:57 PM 6:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Calhoun County 4:56 PM 5:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Madison County 4:45 PM Active
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Mills County 4:42 PM Active
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Webster County 4:42 PM 5:00 PM
Flash Flood Warning Shelby County 4:33 PM 6:46 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Shelby County 4:24 PM 4:30 PM
Flash Flood Warning Crawford County 4:19 PM 7:07 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Calhoun County 4:18 PM 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Adams County 4:15 PM 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Calhoun County 4:13 PM 5:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Shelby County 4:07 PM 4:30 PM
Flash Flood Warning Lyon County 3:56 PM 4:00 PM
Flash Flood Warning Cherokee County 3:54 PM 6:15 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Shelby County 3:51 PM 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Crawford County 3:47 PM 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Union County 3:45 PM 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Buena Vista County 3:12 PM 3:15 PM

Cities

Alerts by city in Iowa

Every city of 50,000 or more. Alerts are issued by county, so a city page shows the alerts for the county it sits in.

Des Moines
Polk County0 Cedar Rapids
Linn County0 Davenport
Scott County0 Sioux City
Woodbury County0 Iowa City
Johnson County0 Ankeny
Polk County0 West Des Moines
Polk County0 Waterloo
Black Hawk County0 Ames
Story County0 Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County0 Dubuque
Dubuque County0

Everywhere

All 99 counties in Iowa

Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County1 Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County1 Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County1 Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County1 Plymouth County Pocahontas County1 Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County1 Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County

Plain English

What these alerts mean

A warning means the hazard is happening or about to; a watch means conditions favour it; an advisory is a lesser hazard still worth planning around.

Flood Watch

Conditions are favourable for flooding. Have a plan in case a warning is issued.

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