Weather alerts in Iowa, 2013
1,753 weather alerts in 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,753
- Warnings
- 1,001
- Watches
- 124
- Advisories
- 271
- Busiest month
- May541 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 24, 201385 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,753 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Linn County167
- Scott County162
- Delaware County159
- Johnson County159
- Muscatine County157
- Jones County156
- Cedar County154
- Buchanan County152
- Louisa County151
- Clayton County146
- Clinton County146
- Benton County144
- Dubuque County143
- Washington County142
- Black Hawk County142
- Jackson County140
- Butler County138
- Des Moines County135
- Allamakee County134
- Grundy County134
- Fremont County134
- Mitchell County132
- Franklin County131
- Floyd County130
- Lee County130
- Iowa County129
- Pottawattamie County129
- Hardin County128
- Howard County127
- Winneshiek County127
- Cerro Gordo County126
- Mills County126
- Page County126
- Jasper County125
- Bremer County124
- Polk County124
- Montgomery County124
- Henry County123
- Marshall County123
- Story County123
59 more counties
- Jefferson County121
- Harrison County120
- Keokuk County120
- Hamilton County118
- Hancock County118
- Wright County118
- Boone County116
- Worth County116
- Chickasaw County116
- Fayette County116
- Dallas County116
- Tama County113
- Guthrie County111
- Decatur County110
- Kossuth County109
- Webster County109
- Monona County109
- Warren County109
- Clay County108
- Marion County107
- Poweshiek County106
- Wayne County106
- Lucas County105
- Greene County104
- Ringgold County104
- Palo Alto County103
- Madison County103
- Mahaska County103
- Wapello County103
- Clarke County102
- Humboldt County101
- Winnebago County101
- Van Buren County101
- Shelby County100
- Monroe County99
- Audubon County98
- Plymouth County98
- Emmet County97
- Pocahontas County97
- Union County97
- Cherokee County97
- Carroll County96
- Adair County96
- Buena Vista County95
- O'Brien County95
- Sioux County95
- Appanoose County94
- Cass County94
- Taylor County94
- Lyon County92
- Adams County91
- Davis County90
- Osceola County89
- Woodbury County89
- Dickinson County88
- Calhoun County87
- Crawford County86
- Sac County84
- Ida County84
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.