Fire Weather Watches in Iowa
170 fire weather watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 170
- Busiest year
- 202429 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 9over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monona County39
- Harrison County35
- Pottawattamie County35
- Lyon County34
- Plymouth County34
- Woodbury County34
- Fremont County33
- Sioux County33
- Mills County32
- Page County29
- Shelby County29
- Montgomery County28
- Osceola County27
- Cherokee County25
- O'Brien County25
- Buena Vista County24
- Palo Alto County23
- Clay County23
- Ida County23
- Dickinson County22
- Emmet County21
- Humboldt County21
- Kossuth County21
- Pocahontas County21
- Calhoun County19
- Crawford County19
- Sac County19
- Carroll County18
- Cass County16
- Webster County16
- Greene County15
- Hancock County15
- Winnebago County15
- Worth County14
- Cerro Gordo County13
- Guthrie County13
- Adair County13
- Adams County13
- Audubon County12
- Wright County12
59 more counties
- Appanoose County12
- Clarke County12
- Davis County12
- Decatur County12
- Madison County12
- Mahaska County12
- Monroe County12
- Ringgold County12
- Taylor County12
- Union County12
- Wapello County12
- Marion County11
- Warren County11
- Wayne County11
- Boone County10
- Lucas County10
- Floyd County9
- Mitchell County9
- Dallas County9
- Hamilton County9
- Polk County9
- Poweshiek County9
- Tama County9
- Franklin County8
- Howard County8
- Jasper County8
- Marshall County8
- Story County8
- Jefferson County8
- Van Buren County8
- Chickasaw County7
- Grundy County7
- Hardin County7
- Henry County7
- Keokuk County7
- Washington County7
- Fayette County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Benton County6
- Black Hawk County6
- Iowa County6
- Johnson County6
- Linn County6
- Des Moines County6
- Louisa County6
- Bremer County5
- Butler County5
- Buchanan County5
- Delaware County5
- Lee County5
- Allamakee County4
- Clayton County4
- Muscatine County4
- Scott County4
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Dubuque County3
- Jackson County3
- Jones County3
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 9 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:17 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:01 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:46 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:34 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:24 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 8 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.