Alert archive / Iowa / 2015
Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2015
52 weather alerts in March 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 52
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest day
- March 24, 20155 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, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Clarke, Crawford and 18 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:06 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:21 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Monona | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Monona | 27 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:32 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:29 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Mar 12, 3:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 36 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 28 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 25 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Monona | 17 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Ringgold and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, Winneshiek | 16 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:03 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:06 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 82 min |
| Mar 24, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 91 min |
| Mar 25, 3:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 52 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 23 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 36 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 14 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 30 hr | |
| Mar 31, 2:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 13 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 39 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 5 more | 12 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 15 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 12 |
| 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.
- Monona County12
- Shelby County12
- Pottawattamie County11
- Mills County10
- Montgomery County10
- Emmet County9
- Humboldt County9
- Kossuth County9
- Palo Alto County9
- Carroll County9
- Harrison County9
- Fremont County9
- Page County9
- Crawford County8
- Guthrie County8
- Pocahontas County8
- Fayette County7
- Howard County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Wright County7
- Audubon County7
- Boone County7
- Clarke County7
- Dallas County7
- Greene County7
- Madison County7
- Polk County7
- Story County7
- Warren County7
- Calhoun County7
- Sac County7
- Adair County7
- Union County7
- Chickasaw County6
- Clayton County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Franklin County6
- Hancock County6
- Winnebago County6
- Worth County6
59 more counties
- Adams County6
- Cass County6
- Ringgold County6
- Allamakee County5
- Mitchell County5
- Hamilton County5
- Taylor County5
- Webster County5
- Floyd County4
- Delaware County4
- Dubuque County4
- Jackson County4
- Bremer County4
- Butler County4
- Jasper County4
- Lucas County4
- Marion County4
- Marshall County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Tama County4
- Decatur County4
- Hardin County4
- Benton County3
- Buchanan County3
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Henry County3
- Iowa County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Jones County3
- Keokuk County3
- Linn County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Van Buren County3
- Washington County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Grundy County3
- Appanoose County3
- Davis County3
- Mahaska County3
- Monroe County3
- Wapello County3
- Wayne County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Dickinson County3
- Ida County3
- O'Brien County3
- Osceola County3
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Louisa County2
- Lyon County2
- Sioux County2
- Plymouth County1
- Woodbury 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.