Alert archive / Iowa / Dickinson County
Weather alerts in Dickinson County, Iowa, 2018
147 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dickinson County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 147
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 46
- Busiest month
- June23 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 27, 20188 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 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Dickinson County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 2 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 19 | 13 | 32% | 12 | 92% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 6 | 83% | 43 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: tornado warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 10 | 40% | 9 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: severe thunderstorm warnings | 165 | 77 | 53% | 157 | 81% | 19 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: flash flood warnings | 43 | 31 | 28% | 66 | 82% | 104 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, 12:01 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 22 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:34 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 19 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 35 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 38 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:12 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 22 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 19 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | 51 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 56 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 47 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 54 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:41 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 43 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 23 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:28 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 21 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 118 min |
| Feb 7, 3:41 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 35 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 54 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 49 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 45 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 56 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 8 days |
| Mar 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 45 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:31 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 33 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:28 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 5 days |
| Mar 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 22 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:45 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 11 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:20 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 31 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:21 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 34 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 60 hr |
| Apr 13, 8:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 63 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 5 days |
| Apr 14, 10:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:27 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:21 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:33 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 38 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:59 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 15 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 17 days |
| Apr 25, 8:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 32 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 15 hr |
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 18 days |
| May 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 32 min |
| May 15, 1:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| May 22, 1:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 8 hr |
| May 25, 5:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| May 29, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 8, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 28 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 30 days |
| Jun 21, 1:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 13 days |
| Jun 22, 12:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 18 days |
| Jun 24, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | 12 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 25 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 41 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 25 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:16 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 48 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 26 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 4 days |
| Jul 10, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:39 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 53 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 26 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 15, 6:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 21 min |
| Aug 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 26, 9:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 85 min |
| Aug 28, 3:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 17 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 5:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 26 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 12 days |
| Sep 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 4 days |
| Sep 22, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 4 days |
| Sep 28, 12:05 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 19 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | 54 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 7 days |
| Oct 11, 3:35 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 25 hr |
| Nov 22, 4:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 48 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 69 hr |
| Nov 29, 9:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 15 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 10 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 17 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 57 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:05 PM CST | Flood Watch | FSD | 31 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | 3 days |
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 | 19 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 23 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 8 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 17 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 12 |
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.