Alert archive / Iowa / 2023

Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2023

152 weather alerts in March 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 152
Warnings: 84
Watches: 12
Advisories: 32
Busiest day: March 31, 202395 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
Mar 1, 8:36 PM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	6 days
Mar 1, 10:36 PM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Iowa	4 days
Mar 4, 10:26 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more	9 hr
Mar 5, 9:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Linn	38 min
Mar 5, 9:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Keokuk	34 min
Mar 5, 10:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Washington	31 min
Mar 5, 10:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Muscatine	30 min
Mar 5, 11:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	24 min
Mar 6, 8:12 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 2 more	28 hr
Mar 7, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 20 more	35 hr
Mar 7, 2:33 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more	25 hr
Mar 7, 2:47 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	24 hr
Mar 8, 3:30 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	45 hr
Mar 8, 3:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby	38 hr
Mar 8, 2:22 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	40 hr
Mar 8, 2:22 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	40 hr
Mar 8, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 4 more	30 hr
Mar 8, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 28 more	33 hr
Mar 8, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more	37 hr
Mar 8, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa and 3 more	37 hr
Mar 9, 8:42 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 14 more	4 hr
Mar 11, 4:06 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	11 hr
Mar 12, 1:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 8 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 3:18 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	12 hr
Mar 15, 3:29 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 3:41 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Monona	11 hr
Mar 15, 3:04 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Monona	23 hr
Mar 15, 3:26 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	40 hr
Mar 15, 3:28 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 2 more	28 hr
Mar 16, 3:12 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	25 hr
Mar 16, 3:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	19 hr
Mar 16, 3:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell	24 hr
Mar 16, 7:06 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union and 1 more	54 min
Mar 17, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	59 min
Mar 17, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	56 min
Mar 17, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	65 min
Mar 22, 1:04 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	4 hr
Mar 22, 3:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Sioux	11 hr
Mar 22, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Louisa	37 min
Mar 22, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Lee	37 min
Mar 23, 12:49 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux	5 hr
Mar 23, 1:17 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 2 more	5 hr
Mar 24, 2:56 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and 4 more	32 hr
Mar 25, 2:32 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson, Scott	10 hr
Mar 25, 3:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton, Jackson, Scott	4 hr
Mar 25, 2:19 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton	21 hr
Mar 25, 2:41 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 18 more	22 hr
Mar 25, 3:12 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	19 hr
Mar 26, 9:52 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	7 hr
Mar 29, 2:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Dickinson	10 days
Mar 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 1 more	40 hr
Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Dickinson	38 hr
Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	38 hr
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	19 hr
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 12 more	13 hr
Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	33 min
Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	37 min
Mar 31, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	42 min
Mar 31, 3:11 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	34 hr
Mar 31, 3:30 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 34 more	28 hr
Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	27 hr
Mar 31, 3:38 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more	27 hr
Mar 31, 3:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Mar 31, 8:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Jefferson, Lee, Lucas and 5 more	84 min
Mar 31, 10:27 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Monona	18 hr
Mar 31, 10:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 6 more	53 min
Mar 31, 11:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 59 more	96 min
Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk and 64 more	8 hr
Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	45 min
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Warren	39 min
Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	39 min
Mar 31, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska and 5 more	84 min
Mar 31, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Lee	24 min
Mar 31, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	48 min
Mar 31, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	29 min
Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Warren	38 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Muscatine	38 min
Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	47 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Louisa, Scott	45 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wayne	50 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	42 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Warren	49 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Boone, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story	59 min
Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	49 min
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Emmet	16 hr
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth	16 hr
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	43 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	40 min
Mar 31, 3:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 37 more	88 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DMX	Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	40 min
Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	37 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	49 min
Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington	40 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	51 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Wapello	18 min
Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	47 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	56 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Tama	33 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Iowa	52 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	51 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Wapello, Washington	36 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Poweshiek	35 min
Mar 31, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Poweshiek	34 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Wapello, Washington	31 min
Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Benton, Iowa	43 min
Mar 31, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington	40 min
Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton	33 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	31 min
Mar 31, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	36 min
Mar 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek	56 min
Mar 31, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 5 more	62 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin	34 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Washington	48 min
Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	34 min
Mar 31, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Linn	28 min
Mar 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	29 min
Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	25 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd	83 min
Mar 31, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	66 min
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek	32 min
Mar 31, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Linn	19 min
Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren	45 min
Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Linn	55 min
Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	24 min
Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn and 1 more	48 min
Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine	33 min
Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn	35 min
Mar 31, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more	43 min
Mar 31, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Muscatine, Scott	28 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 32 more	117 min
Mar 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones	24 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Louisa and 2 more	38 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	51 min
Mar 31, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware	49 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 32 more	2 hr
Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jones	39 min
Mar 31, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Scott	38 min
Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones	50 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson	61 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clayton	17 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	45 min
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	51 min
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	26 min
Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	24 min
Mar 31, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	46 min
Mar 31, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	35 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	32 min
Mar 31, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	27 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	44
Tornado Warning	31
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	13
Flooding
River Flood Warning	2
River Flood Watch	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Watch	7
Winter Weather Advisory	19
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	8
Fire
Fire Weather Watch	2
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.

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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.