Alert archive / Iowa / 2016
Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2016
97 weather alerts in March 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- March 15, 201626 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 8:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 66 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:52 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:32 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:37 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 22 min |
| Mar 15, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 94 min |
| Mar 15, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 5 more | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 17 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 41 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 19 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 4 days |
| Mar 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 7 days |
| Mar 19, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 6 days |
| Mar 21, 11:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 8 hr | |
| Mar 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 36 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Monona | 37 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 13 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 44 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt and 8 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Franklin, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:24 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Butler, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:04 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Wapello | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 7 days |
| Mar 23, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas, Mills and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 7:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 5 days |
| Mar 24, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 5 days |
| Mar 24, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 6 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton | 53 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 6 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 7 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 9 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 9 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 11 days |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 18 days |
| Mar 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Guthrie | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 19 min |
| Mar 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Linn | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 32 min |
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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 15 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clinton County15
- Scott County14
- Louisa County13
- Jackson County12
- Des Moines County12
- Muscatine County11
- Lee County10
- Allamakee County9
- Dubuque County9
- Howard County9
- Winneshiek County9
- Henry County9
- Chickasaw County8
- Floyd County8
- Franklin County8
- Humboldt County8
- Mitchell County8
- Clayton County7
- Jones County7
- Buena Vista County7
- Clay County7
- Cedar County7
- Cerro Gordo County7
- Emmet County7
- Hancock County7
- Kossuth County7
- Palo Alto County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Webster County7
- Winnebago County7
- Worth County7
- Wright County7
- Fremont County7
- Page County7
- Benton County6
- Buchanan County6
- Butler County6
- Delaware County6
- Fayette County6
- Hardin County6
59 more counties
- Linn County6
- Cherokee County6
- Dickinson County6
- Lyon County6
- O'Brien County6
- Osceola County6
- Plymouth County6
- Sioux County6
- Calhoun County6
- Jefferson County6
- Van Buren County6
- Washington County6
- Mills County6
- Montgomery County6
- Black Hawk County5
- Bremer County5
- Grundy County5
- Marshall County5
- Tama County5
- Ida County5
- Woodbury County5
- Adams County5
- Boone County5
- Dallas County5
- Decatur County5
- Greene County5
- Hamilton County5
- Polk County5
- Taylor County5
- Union County5
- Clarke County4
- Guthrie County4
- Jasper County4
- Lucas County4
- Monroe County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Ringgold County4
- Sac County4
- Story County4
- Wayne County4
- Johnson County4
- Pottawattamie County4
- Adair County3
- Appanoose County3
- Carroll County3
- Crawford County3
- Mahaska County3
- Marion County3
- Wapello County3
- Iowa County3
- Keokuk County3
- Audubon County2
- Cass County2
- Davis County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- Monona County2
- Harrison County1
- Shelby 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.