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Weather alerts in Iowa, November 2015

153 weather alerts in November 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 November 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 153
Warnings: 75
Watches: 15
Advisories: 28
Busiest day: November 11, 201569 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
Nov 3, 1:31 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more	8 hr
Nov 3, 8:35 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 22 more	2 hr
Nov 3, 7:31 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 3 more	10 hr
Nov 5, 3:17 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Appanoose, Cedar, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 25 more	118 min
Nov 5, 4:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold	59 min
Nov 5, 5:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Tama	47 min
Nov 5, 6:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware	51 min
Nov 5, 6:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Keokuk, Linn	63 min
Nov 5, 7:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Van Buren and 1 more	49 min
Nov 5, 8:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Muscatine and 2 more	43 min
Nov 5, 9:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 4 more	56 min
Nov 10, 3:20 AM CST	High Wind Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	24 hr
Nov 10, 3:28 AM CST	High Wind Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	24 hr
Nov 10, 3:43 AM CST	High Wind Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	11 hr
Nov 10, 3:02 PM CST	High Wind Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	39 hr
Nov 10, 3:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	51 hr
Nov 10, 3:23 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	51 hr
Nov 10, 3:25 PM CST	High Wind Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	32 hr
Nov 10, 3:25 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	36 hr
Nov 10, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	50 hr
Nov 10, 3:39 PM CST	High Wind Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 33 more	38 hr
Nov 10, 3:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	50 hr
Nov 11, 10:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 54 more	118 min
Nov 11, 11:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 41 more	6 hr
Nov 11, 12:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Woodbury	17 min
Nov 11, 12:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison, Monona	23 min
Nov 11, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Shelby	37 min
Nov 11, 12:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Harrison	67 min
Nov 11, 12:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay	13 min
Nov 11, 1:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont, Mills	45 min
Nov 11, 1:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Sac	23 min
Nov 11, 1:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	24 min
Nov 11, 1:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	37 min
Nov 11, 1:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Montgomery	23 min
Nov 11, 1:42 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 24 more	93 min
Nov 11, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	20 min
Nov 11, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cass	30 min
Nov 11, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas	39 min
Nov 11, 1:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	18 min
Nov 11, 2:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass	44 min
Nov 11, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Shelby	20 min
Nov 11, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor, Union	35 min
Nov 11, 2:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	48 min
Nov 11, 2:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Adair, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie and 10 more	92 min
Nov 11, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	37 min
Nov 11, 2:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 10 more	2 hr
Nov 11, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford	47 min
Nov 11, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	45 min
Nov 11, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll	29 min
Nov 11, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Wayne	36 min
Nov 11, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold	21 min
Nov 11, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Wayne	46 min
Nov 11, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison	44 min
Nov 11, 2:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac, Webster	51 min
Nov 11, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Warren, Wayne	50 min
Nov 11, 2:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison	16 min
Nov 11, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Greene, Guthrie	30 min
Nov 11, 3:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Madison, Warren	26 min
Nov 11, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story, Warren	53 min
Nov 11, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas	25 min
Nov 11, 3:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	27 min
Nov 11, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	6 hr
Nov 11, 3:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion	48 min
Nov 11, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Monroe, Wapello	33 min
Nov 11, 3:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose	34 min
Nov 11, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Jasper	31 min
Nov 11, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	43 min
Nov 11, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story and 1 more	53 min
Nov 11, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	38 min
Nov 11, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	65 min
Nov 11, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek	41 min
Nov 11, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	57 min
Nov 11, 4:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin and 6 more	65 min
Nov 11, 4:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Mahaska	20 min
Nov 11, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Marshall, Tama	18 min
Nov 11, 4:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa	59 min
Nov 11, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Keokuk	43 min
Nov 11, 4:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Poweshiek	37 min
Nov 11, 4:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	60 min
Nov 11, 4:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Grundy, Marshall, Tama	30 min
Nov 11, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama	51 min
Nov 11, 4:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Linn, Louisa, Washington	61 min
Nov 11, 4:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	53 min
Nov 11, 4:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Clayton	91 min
Nov 11, 5:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	23 min
Nov 11, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Johnson, Linn	18 min
Nov 11, 5:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	55 min
Nov 11, 5:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	65 min
Nov 11, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee, Louisa	62 min
Nov 11, 5:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones	14 min
Nov 11, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	49 min
Nov 11, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clayton	24 min
Nov 11, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clayton	45 min
Nov 11, 10:23 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adams, Butler, Clarke, Grundy, Jasper, Lucas and 4 more	20 hr
Nov 12, 2:55 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	13 hr
Nov 16, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	45 min
Nov 17, 12:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Calhoun	38 min
Nov 17, 2:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Pottawattamie	40 min
Nov 18, 3:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 2 more	109 min
Nov 18, 3:52 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	38 hr
Nov 18, 3:00 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	27 hr
Nov 18, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	37 hr
Nov 18, 3:12 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	27 hr
Nov 18, 3:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby	25 hr
Nov 18, 3:39 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	37 hr
Nov 18, 4:05 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more	36 hr
Nov 19, 3:16 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	25 hr
Nov 19, 3:36 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	14 hr
Nov 19, 4:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	11 hr
Nov 19, 3:27 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	27 hr
Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	44 hr
Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	44 hr
Nov 19, 3:39 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	41 hr
Nov 19, 3:41 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more	38 hr
Nov 19, 3:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	30 hr
Nov 19, 6:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Clay	47 hr
Nov 19, 6:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay	5 days
Nov 20, 4:14 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	16 hr
Nov 20, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 6 more	26 hr
Nov 20, 9:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 18 more	5 hr
Nov 20, 1:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 46 more	5 hr
Nov 20, 7:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 23 more	4 hr
Nov 24, 3:09 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	37 hr
Nov 25, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 8 more	24 hr
Nov 25, 2:59 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more	26 hr
Nov 25, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	35 hr
Nov 25, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby	35 hr
Nov 25, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	26 hr
Nov 25, 4:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 25 more	34 hr
Nov 26, 4:13 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur and 10 more	22 hr
Nov 26, 7:04 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Sac and 1 more	5 hr
Nov 26, 7:18 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	6 hr
Nov 26, 8:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	4 days
Nov 26, 9:51 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	4 days
Nov 27, 5:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa	5 days
Nov 27, 5:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	3 days
Nov 27, 10:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	45 hr
Nov 27, 1:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	3 days
Nov 27, 3:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	4 days
Nov 27, 9:25 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	4 days
Nov 28, 2:41 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	25 hr
Nov 28, 2:59 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	25 hr
Nov 28, 2:59 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	15 hr
Nov 28, 3:55 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 20 more	24 hr
Nov 28, 3:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor and 2 more	17 hr
Nov 29, 2:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	37 hr
Nov 29, 3:26 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	42 hr
Nov 29, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	29 hr
Nov 29, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	26 hr
Nov 29, 3:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 19 more	36 hr
Nov 29, 3:46 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 23 more	36 hr
Nov 30, 6:44 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 13 more	5 hr
Nov 30, 12:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 9 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	33
Tornado Warning	20
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	13
Special Weather Statement	22
Flooding
River Flood Warning	10
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	9
Winter Storm Watch	10
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	12
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	3
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	12
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.