Alert archive / Iowa / 2014
Weather alerts in Iowa, July 2014
160 weather alerts in July 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 July 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 160
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 16
- Busiest day
- July 7, 201436 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and 4 more | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 7:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story, Tama | 24 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 24 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 23 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 24 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 25 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 31 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 18 days |
| Jul 1, 6:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 42 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 53 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Mills | 18 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Greene | 71 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 57 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 7 days |
| Jul 5, 1:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 15 more | 96 min |
| Jul 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 3:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Monona | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Monona | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Page | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 22 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery | 40 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 64 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 9 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 38 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 48 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 54 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 42 more | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek | 117 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Butler | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler, Grundy | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 94 min |
| Jul 6, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Tama | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Benton, Cedar, Clarke, Delaware and 20 more | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Poweshiek | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 13 min |
| Jul 6, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 18 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 4 more | 88 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 21 min |
| Jul 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold and 1 more | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 10:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 50 more | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 21 min |
| Jul 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Muscatine and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 5 more | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 14 min |
| Jul 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 13 more | 96 min |
| Jul 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dubuque | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Scott and 1 more | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 114 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Dallas and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 57 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 53 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 52 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 29 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 16 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:43 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 7:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 3 more | 119 min |
| Jul 22, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 94 min |
| Jul 24, 11:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 84 min |
| Jul 24, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 3:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 28 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | Adams, Cass, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 24 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee and 18 more | 91 min |
| Jul 26, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Harrison, Ida, Monona, O'Brien and 3 more | 6 hr |
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 | 29 |
| Tornado Warning | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Special Weather Statement | 49 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| River Flood Warning | 17 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County18
- Montgomery County16
- Des Moines County15
- Henry County15
- Johnson County14
- Louisa County14
- Mills County14
- Cedar County13
- Washington County13
- Van Buren County13
- Fremont County13
- Mahaska County13
- Ringgold County13
- Tama County12
- Taylor County12
- Davis County11
- Scott County11
- Jasper County11
- Poweshiek County11
- Wapello County11
- Jackson County10
- Muscatine County10
- Jefferson County10
- Pottawattamie County10
- Page County10
- Adams County10
- Decatur County10
- Iowa County9
- Keokuk County9
- Clinton County9
- Marion County9
- Polk County9
- Dallas County9
- Monona County9
- Benton County9
- Madison County9
- Union County9
- Jones County8
- Linn County8
- Grundy County8
59 more counties
- Black Hawk County8
- Clarke County8
- Dubuque County7
- Story County7
- Warren County7
- Buchanan County7
- Harrison County7
- Appanoose County7
- Wayne County7
- Marshall County6
- Greene County6
- Shelby County6
- Allamakee County6
- Howard County6
- Lucas County6
- Hardin County5
- Audubon County5
- Buena Vista County5
- Calhoun County5
- Carroll County5
- Cass County5
- Cherokee County5
- Crawford County5
- O'Brien County5
- Plymouth County5
- Sac County5
- Sioux County5
- Boone County5
- Butler County5
- Mitchell County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Adair County5
- Monroe County5
- Clay County4
- Ida County4
- Lyon County4
- Woodbury County4
- Bremer County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Clayton County4
- Delaware County4
- Fayette County4
- Floyd County4
- Kossuth County4
- Webster County4
- Guthrie County4
- Osceola County4
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Emmet County3
- Franklin County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hancock County3
- Humboldt County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Wright County3
- Dickinson 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.