Alert archive / Iowa / Adams County
Weather alerts in Adams County, Iowa, 2014
143 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Adams County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 143
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- June35 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 3, 20148 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Adams County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Adams County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 12 | 33% | 14 | 86% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 4 | 33% | 3 | 100% | 102 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings | 57 | 15 | 74% | 46 | 48% | 12 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 301 | 149 | 50% | 487 | 85% | 25 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings | 62 | 29 | 53% | 69 | 84% | 111 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 21 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | DMX | 13 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:14 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DMX | 72 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:39 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:55 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 26 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 44 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:09 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DMX | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 41 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:18 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 21 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 38 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 4:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 63 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 15 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 9:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 7:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 10, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| May 11, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 11, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 61 min |
| May 11, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 15 hr |
| May 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 11, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| May 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 11, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 45 min |
| May 11, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| May 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 15 hr |
| May 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| May 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 23 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 78 min |
| Jun 3, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 11:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 22 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 9:38 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 19 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 52 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 24 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 19 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 9 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Sep 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Sep 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 12 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Oct 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 10 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:53 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 16 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:15 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 18 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 18 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 12 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 44 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:26 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 9 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 | 18 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 39 |
| Special Weather Statement | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.