Alert archive / Iowa / 2005
Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2005
61 weather alerts in March 2005, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 61
- Warnings
- 44
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 30, 200545 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 96 min |
| Mar 6, 8:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 41 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 105 min |
| Mar 6, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 90 min |
| Mar 6, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 100 min |
| Mar 6, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 94 min |
| Mar 6, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall, Story | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 7:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Lyon and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 4:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 5:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 6:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 32 more | 117 min |
| Mar 30, 6:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 6:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 9:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Ringgold | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 10:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 29 more | 119 min |
| Mar 30, 10:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more | 85 min |
| Mar 30, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wright | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 1:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton and 7 more | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jones | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 1:23 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 25 more | 97 min |
| Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton and 7 more | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 3:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Winneshiek | 66 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 37 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Special Weather Statement | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mitchell County9
- Worth County8
- Clinton County8
- Dallas County7
- Hamilton County7
- Jones County7
- Polk County7
- Ringgold County7
- Story County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Cedar County7
- Jackson County7
- Benton County6
- Boone County6
- Bremer County6
- Buchanan County6
- Butler County6
- Floyd County6
- Iowa County6
- Johnson County6
- Linn County6
- Webster County6
- Allamakee County6
- Clayton County6
- Emmet County6
- Wright County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Dubuque County6
- Scott County6
- Calhoun County5
- Black Hawk County5
- Delaware County5
- Franklin County5
- Hardin County5
- Keokuk County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marshall County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Winnebago County5
- Kossuth County5
59 more counties
- Muscatine County5
- Adair County4
- Adams County4
- Cass County4
- Greene County4
- Guthrie County4
- Tama County4
- Taylor County4
- Wapello County4
- Washington County4
- Wayne County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Fayette County4
- Louisa County4
- Appanoose County3
- Clarke County3
- Davis County3
- Lucas County3
- Madison County3
- Monroe County3
- Montgomery County3
- Union County3
- Warren County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Dickinson County3
- Howard County3
- Clay County3
- Harrison County3
- Audubon County3
- Carroll County3
- Hancock County3
- Humboldt County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Shelby County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Van Buren County3
- Fremont County2
- Decatur County2
- Jasper County2
- Page County2
- Lyon County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Mills County2
- Monona County2
- Grundy County1
- Marion County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Crawford County1
- Ida County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.