Alert archive / Iowa / Black Hawk County
Weather alerts in Black Hawk County, Iowa, 2010
178 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Black Hawk County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 178
- Warnings
- 54
- Watches
- 36
- Advisories
- 51
- Busiest month
- June40 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 23, 201010 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Black Hawk County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 8 | 38% | 21 | 86% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 5 | 29% | 9 | 100% | 118 min |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings | 56 | 12 | 79% | 33 | 76% | 14 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 361 | 187 | 48% | 501 | 81% | 24 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings | 100 | 64 | 36% | 180 | 87% | 120 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, 2:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DMX | 19 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:14 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:55 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 20 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 53 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 42 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 48 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:58 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 39 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 18 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:19 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 19 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:39 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 15 days |
| Mar 8, 3:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 12 days |
| Mar 8, 3:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 14 days |
| Mar 8, 3:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 13 days |
| Mar 8, 6:33 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:25 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 39 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 7 days |
| Mar 10, 11:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 39 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 10:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | 46 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 4:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 6, 5:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 108 min |
| Apr 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 13 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 7, 10:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| May 7, 3:48 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| May 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| May 12, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| May 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| May 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 66 hr |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 48 hr |
| May 13, 9:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 13 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 54 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 12 days |
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 20 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 9 days |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 7 days |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 37 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 37 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 23, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 5:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 26, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 30 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 63 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 15 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 28 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 18, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 47 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 5 days |
| Jul 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 27 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 3 days |
| Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 35 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 5 days |
| Jul 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:52 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 100 min |
| Aug 10, 4:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 63 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 32 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 33 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 21, 9:44 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 6, 4:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 35 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 20, 1:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 11 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:35 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:49 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 36 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:49 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 15 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 30 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Dec 3, 10:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 41 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:12 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 26 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 38 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 10 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 22 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 3 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 | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 37 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| River Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 13 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 15 |
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.