Weather alerts in Iowa, 2014
2,401 weather alerts in 2014, 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,401
- Warnings
- 1,220
- Watches
- 150
- Advisories
- 375
- Busiest month
- June900 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 30, 2014204 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,401 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.
- Pottawattamie County212
- Harrison County195
- Mills County180
- Montgomery County177
- Shelby County173
- Fremont County173
- Sioux County170
- Monona County169
- Linn County169
- Polk County167
- Webster County167
- Plymouth County166
- Carroll County166
- Allamakee County165
- Clayton County165
- Sac County163
- Washington County163
- Page County160
- Boone County160
- Johnson County160
- Woodbury County159
- Guthrie County159
- Story County159
- Benton County159
- Cedar County159
- Jones County159
- Calhoun County158
- Mitchell County158
- Black Hawk County157
- Greene County157
- Louisa County157
- Fayette County157
- Ringgold County156
- Humboldt County156
- Clay County155
- O'Brien County155
- Adair County155
- Audubon County155
- Jasper County155
- Tama County155
59 more counties
- Winneshiek County155
- Kossuth County154
- Dallas County154
- Jackson County154
- Madison County153
- Crawford County152
- Pocahontas County152
- Lyon County151
- Union County151
- Hamilton County151
- Muscatine County151
- Scott County151
- Floyd County150
- Howard County150
- Wright County149
- Decatur County148
- Cass County148
- Hardin County148
- Marshall County148
- Chickasaw County148
- Palo Alto County147
- Clinton County147
- Warren County147
- Hancock County146
- Cherokee County146
- Franklin County146
- Dubuque County146
- Des Moines County146
- Cerro Gordo County145
- Lee County145
- Taylor County144
- Delaware County144
- Adams County143
- Buchanan County143
- Marion County142
- Henry County142
- Grundy County141
- Poweshiek County141
- Iowa County141
- Clarke County139
- Mahaska County139
- Dickinson County135
- Emmet County135
- Buena Vista County135
- Keokuk County134
- Osceola County133
- Worth County132
- Van Buren County132
- Winnebago County131
- Ida County131
- Jefferson County131
- Butler County130
- Bremer County129
- Wapello County128
- Wayne County124
- Lucas County123
- Monroe County118
- Davis County115
- Appanoose County105
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.