Alert archive / Iowa / Emmet County
Weather alerts in Emmet County, Iowa, 2026
108 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Emmet County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 108
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- May20 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 13, 20267 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 5 tornado warnings covering Emmet County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 16 minutes after it went out.
Emmet County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 2 | 100% | 16 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 19 | 7 | 63% | 7 | 86% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings | 78 | 21 | 73% | 32 | 81% | 21 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 343 | 160 | 53% | 469 | 84% | 23 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings | 31 | 11 | 65% | 25 | 76% | 92 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 15, 2:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:07 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | 46 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:30 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | DMX | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:29 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 18 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:26 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:28 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | DMX | 34 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:08 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | 40 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:04 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 42 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:40 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 20 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:38 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:23 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 35 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 45 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:09 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 8 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:34 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 43 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 40 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:21 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:37 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | 22 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 33 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 21 min |
| Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 11:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| May 1, 2:34 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| May 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 19 hr |
| May 5, 1:31 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 18 hr |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 20 hr |
| May 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 48 min |
| May 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| May 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 23 min |
| May 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 27 min |
| May 17, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| May 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 30 min |
| May 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 62 min |
| May 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 16 min |
| Jun 1, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 20 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:18 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | DMX | 6 days |
| Jun 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 3:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:05 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DMX | 42 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 12:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 31 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 58 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:27 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | DMX | 57 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:53 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | DMX | 67 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 34 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 12:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 9 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 18, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Sep 6, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 24 min |
| Sep 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DMX | 10 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.