Alert archive / Iowa / 2024
Weather alerts in Iowa, March 2024
88 weather alerts in March 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 15
- Busiest day
- March 4, 202424 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, 4:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 11 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:08 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 43 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Marshall | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 7:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Tama | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 10:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 10:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 11:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 12:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 37 min |
| Mar 4, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 1:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 51 min |
| Mar 4, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 51 min |
| Mar 4, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 38 min |
| Mar 4, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa | 38 min |
| Mar 4, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 43 min |
| Mar 4, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 33 min |
| Mar 4, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 38 min |
| Mar 4, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 4, 6:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 83 min |
| Mar 4, 7:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 3:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:04 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:35 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 90 min |
| Mar 14, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 3:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Lyon | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:31 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:44 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:21 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Clayton and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:40 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lyon | 35 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:34 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 16 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:07 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 11 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 23 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:23 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Greene | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 16 more | 83 min |
| Mar 29, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Tama | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones, Linn | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones, Linn | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 50 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 | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| 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
- Van Buren County16
- Des Moines County14
- Henry County11
- Clinton County10
- Jackson County10
- Jones County10
- Louisa County10
- Scott County10
- Linn County9
- Buchanan County8
- Cedar County7
- Delaware County7
- Dubuque County7
- Muscatine County7
- Washington County7
- Tama County7
- Lyon County7
- Benton County6
- Black Hawk County6
- Bremer County6
- Butler County6
- Davis County6
- Grundy County6
- Hancock County6
- Winnebago County6
- Clay County6
- Plymouth County6
- Harrison County5
- Jefferson County5
- Cerro Gordo County5
- Franklin County5
- Hardin County5
- Marshall County5
- Story County5
- Worth County5
- Mills County5
- Pottawattamie County5
- Buena Vista County5
- Cherokee County5
59 more counties
- Ida County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Fayette County5
- Floyd County5
- Howard County5
- Mitchell County5
- Dickinson County5
- O'Brien County5
- Osceola County5
- Sioux County5
- Monona County4
- Iowa County4
- Johnson County4
- Appanoose County4
- Boone County4
- Calhoun County4
- Emmet County4
- Greene County4
- Hamilton County4
- Humboldt County4
- Kossuth County4
- Wright County4
- Fremont County4
- Montgomery County4
- Page County4
- Woodbury County4
- Allamakee County4
- Clayton County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Keokuk County3
- Adair County3
- Adams County3
- Audubon County3
- Carroll County3
- Cass County3
- Clarke County3
- Crawford County3
- Decatur County3
- Guthrie County3
- Jasper County3
- Lucas County3
- Mahaska County3
- Monroe County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Polk County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Sac County3
- Taylor County3
- Wapello County3
- Wayne County3
- Webster County3
- Shelby County3
- Dallas County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Ringgold County2
- Union County2
- Warren County2
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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.