Alert archive / Iowa / 2010

Weather alerts in Iowa, May 2010

151 weather alerts in May 2010, 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 May 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 151
Warnings: 75
Watches: 9
Advisories: 36
Busiest day: May 13, 201039 alerts

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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
Apr 30, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	7 hr
May 1, 3:08 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	16 hr
May 1, 3:37 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more	12 hr
May 2, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 15 more	90 min
May 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin, Marshall, Story	31 min
May 2, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk	29 min
May 2, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	3 hr
May 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Louisa	60 min
May 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Linn	60 min
May 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Linn	58 min
May 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola	11 hr
May 4, 11:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 18 more	6 hr
May 4, 2:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler and 25 more	56 min
May 5, 3:21 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 16 more	14 hr
May 5, 3:38 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	12 hr
May 5, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Monona	12 hr
May 5, 9:41 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	7 hr
May 5, 3:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	3 hr
May 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Page, Ringgold, Taylor	34 min
May 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, Taylor	8 hr
May 6, 11:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, Taylor	86 min
May 7, 2:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Lee and 4 more	59 min
May 7, 3:38 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more	17 hr
May 7, 4:21 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	15 hr
May 7, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	12 hr
May 7, 10:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	17 hr
May 7, 3:27 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	12 hr
May 7, 3:48 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more	12 hr
May 8, 3:18 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola	28 hr
May 8, 3:36 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	29 hr
May 8, 3:40 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	28 hr
May 8, 3:40 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	28 hr
May 8, 3:54 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll and 24 more	29 hr
May 8, 3:54 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 15 more	29 hr
May 8, 1:50 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	17 hr
May 8, 3:09 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	16 hr
May 10, 2:41 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola	5 hr
May 10, 3:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clarke, Dallas and 24 more	5 hr
May 10, 3:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more	13 hr
May 10, 3:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska and 9 more	12 hr
May 10, 9:13 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Wright	3 hr
May 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	18 hr
May 11, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	3 days
May 11, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	7 days
May 11, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	8 hr
May 12, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	32 hr
May 12, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 15 more	26 hr
May 12, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	50 hr
May 12, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	34 hr
May 12, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	42 hr
May 12, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Guthrie	37 min
May 12, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright	40 min
May 12, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Greene, Guthrie	50 min
May 12, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Greene, Guthrie	3 hr
May 12, 3:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	6 days
May 12, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Hamilton	40 min
May 12, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	41 min
May 12, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster	3 hr
May 12, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Madison	44 min
May 12, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	3 days
May 12, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	85 min
May 12, 4:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	62 hr
May 12, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	39 min
May 12, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	3 hr
May 12, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk	28 min
May 12, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Marshall, Tama	24 min
May 12, 7:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont, Mills, Page	55 min
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Clarke, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Polk, Warren	3 hr
May 12, 7:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	11 days
May 12, 7:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	3 hr
May 12, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 8 more	90 min
May 12, 8:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Poweshiek	3 hr
May 12, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	56 min
May 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	6 hr
May 12, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware	35 min
May 12, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	10 days
May 12, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	38 hr
May 12, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	24 hr
May 12, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	24 hr
May 12, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	36 hr
May 12, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	59 min
May 12, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	60 min
May 12, 10:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	3 hr
May 12, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	54 min
May 12, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	8 hr
May 12, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	25 min
May 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 2 more	96 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Wapello	6 hr
May 12, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 3 more	5 hr
May 13, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	38 min
May 13, 1:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	8 hr
May 13, 2:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Clayton	4 hr
May 13, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	15 hr
May 13, 6:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Clayton	11 hr
May 13, 7:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	7 days
May 13, 7:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	28 hr
May 13, 7:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	8 days
May 13, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	66 hr
May 13, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler	48 hr
May 13, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	3 days
May 13, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	4 days
May 13, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines	5 days
May 13, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	5 days
May 13, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	24 hr
May 13, 12:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque	3 hr
May 13, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	10 hr
May 13, 9:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	13 hr
May 17, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	20 hr
May 18, 3:35 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	5 hr
May 21, 11:25 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	10 hr
May 22, 2:20 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	7 hr
May 22, 3:38 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo and 16 more	15 hr
May 22, 3:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	17 hr
May 22, 3:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	16 hr
May 22, 6:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 23 more	92 min
May 23, 3:23 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	30 hr
May 23, 3:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona	29 hr
May 23, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Osceola	64 min
May 24, 11:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 1 more	8 hr
May 25, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	41 min
May 25, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Keokuk	58 min
May 25, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Keokuk	66 min
May 25, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	62 min
May 25, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk and 2 more	92 min
May 25, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Clayton	3 hr
May 25, 11:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Wapello	119 min
May 25, 12:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Clayton	80 min
May 25, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque	54 min
May 25, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jefferson	61 min
May 25, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque	55 min
May 25, 12:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	91 min
May 25, 1:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque	4 hr
May 25, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jackson	61 min
May 25, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	24 min
May 25, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton, Scott	62 min
May 25, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie	23 min
May 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	64 min
May 25, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Muscatine	60 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	24 hr
May 25, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Cass, Guthrie	41 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Greene, Guthrie	42 min
May 25, 3:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	6 hr
May 25, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Guthrie	46 min
May 25, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	38 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adair	3 hr
May 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Union	42 min
May 25, 5:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Union	4 hr
May 25, 7:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	20 hr
May 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	63 min
May 31, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Lee	61 min
May 31, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines	55 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	26
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	20
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	10
River Flood Warning	32
Flash Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	9
Cold
Freeze Warning	4
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	20
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3

By county

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

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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.