Alert archive / Iowa / 2008
Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2008
121 weather alerts in March 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 65
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest day
- March 3, 200818 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 2, 3:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 36 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 5 days |
| Mar 2, 2:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor | 104 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 23 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:26 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 23 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Warren | 27 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 25 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 32 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Clarke and 23 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 5 days |
| Mar 2, 6:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 17 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 4 days |
| Mar 3, 2:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 6:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 22 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:09 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 6 days |
| Mar 3, 8:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 17 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:32 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Louisa | 57 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:32 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 63 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:13 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:13 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 33 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 3 days |
| Mar 5, 3:42 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 16 days |
| Mar 12, 10:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 18 days |
| Mar 12, 7:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 5 days |
| Mar 12, 8:14 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:14 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Keokuk | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 5 days |
| Mar 12, 11:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 5 days |
| Mar 12, 11:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 14 days |
| Mar 13, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 5 days |
| Mar 13, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler | 6 days |
| Mar 13, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth | 20 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler | 48 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 11 days |
| Mar 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 11 days |
| Mar 14, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 42 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 70 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 34 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 52 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Snow Advisory | OAX | Monona | 22 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jones, Linn | 7 days |
| Mar 16, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 23 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 18 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:32 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 23 hr |
| Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 23 hr |
| Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 9 hr |
| Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 22 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 9 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 22 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Lee | 22 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 55 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:15 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:09 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines | 6 days |
| Mar 18, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 7 days |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:23 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 25 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Jones, Linn | 9 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 72 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:51 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 21 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:58 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Floyd | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, Winneshiek | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 62 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:15 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 26 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Snow Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 17 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:53 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 41 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:38 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 10 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT | Heavy Snow Warning | FSD | Lyon | 28 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT | Snow Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 28 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Montgomery and 5 more | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 9:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, Osceola | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 71 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 8 days |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 28 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 | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 55 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| River Flood Advisory | 15 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Snow Advisory | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Louisa County22
- Johnson County18
- Des Moines County14
- Linn County13
- Lee County13
- Washington County11
- Black Hawk County10
- Buchanan County10
- Cedar County10
- Clinton County10
- Lyon County9
- Iowa County9
- Clayton County9
- Cerro Gordo County8
- Decatur County8
- Warren County8
- Jones County8
- Allamakee County8
- Floyd County8
- Dickinson County7
- Osceola County7
- Appanoose County7
- Butler County7
- Madison County7
- Marshall County7
- Polk County7
- Ringgold County7
- Taylor County7
- Wapello County7
- Wayne County7
- Benton County7
- Delaware County7
- Dubuque County7
- Jackson County7
- Keokuk County7
- Fayette County7
- Howard County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Henry County7
- Muscatine County7
59 more counties
- Scott County7
- Worth County7
- Adams County6
- Boone County6
- Clarke County6
- Lucas County6
- Mahaska County6
- Story County6
- Union County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Mitchell County6
- Van Buren County6
- O'Brien County5
- Sioux County5
- Fremont County5
- Montgomery County5
- Page County5
- Bremer County5
- Dallas County5
- Davis County5
- Franklin County5
- Grundy County5
- Hamilton County5
- Hardin County5
- Jasper County5
- Marion County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Tama County5
- Jefferson County5
- Emmet County5
- Kossuth County5
- Winnebago County5
- Mills County4
- Adair County4
- Greene County4
- Webster County4
- Wright County4
- Clay County4
- Hancock County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Plymouth County3
- Monona County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Audubon County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Cass County3
- Guthrie County3
- Monroe County3
- Woodbury County2
- Harrison County2
- Shelby County2
- Crawford County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Cherokee County1
- Ida County1
- Humboldt County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Sac 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.