Alert archive / Iowa / Floyd County

Weather alerts in Floyd County, Iowa, 2021

104 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Floyd County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
104
Warnings
21
Watches
16
Advisories
33
Busiest month
August23 alerts
Busiest day
July 14, 20218 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

3 of 5 tornado warnings covering Floyd County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them; 8 of 8 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 21 minutes after it went out.

Floyd County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings5340%8100%21 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings4325%1164%22 min
Flash flood warnings220%1100%5 min

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS La Crosse, WI: tornado warnings28775%14100%22 min
NWS La Crosse, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings1175850%26975%30 min
NWS La Crosse, WI: flash flood warnings11918%2584%61 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 1:55 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARX22 hr
Jan 3, 2:58 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARX24 hr
Jan 13, 2:42 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX42 hr
Jan 22, 2:15 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX43 hr
Jan 25, 3:21 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX33 hr
Jan 29, 2:54 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX45 hr
Feb 2, 2:29 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchARX23 hr
Feb 3, 1:53 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX34 hr
Feb 4, 3:53 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningARX20 hr
Feb 5, 3:44 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryARX3 days
Feb 8, 1:34 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryARX20 hr
Feb 10, 2:52 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryARX19 hr
Feb 11, 2:20 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryARX46 hr
Feb 13, 3:15 AM CSTWind Chill WarningARX57 hr
Feb 15, 11:53 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryARX22 hr
Feb 20, 2:09 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX32 hr
Feb 25, 10:11 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARX9 hr
Mar 10, 4:02 AM CSTWind AdvisoryARX23 hr
Mar 10, 1:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Mar 10, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 10, 5:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 13, 3:20 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchARX24 hr
Mar 14, 4:06 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningARX39 hr
Mar 15, 1:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 21, 3:12 AM CDTWind AdvisoryARX13 hr
Mar 28, 1:57 PM CDTWind AdvisoryARX30 hr
Apr 2, 11:12 AM CDTRed Flag WarningARX9 hr
Apr 5, 5:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX62 min
May 1, 10:24 AM CDTRed Flag WarningARX10 hr
May 2, 4:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 7, 1:37 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryARX18 hr
May 10, 1:52 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryARX18 hr
May 11, 1:45 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryARX18 hr
May 15, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 20, 9:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 28, 10:36 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryARX20 hr
Jun 11, 9:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jun 17, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX64 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 17, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 20, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 20, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 20, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 25, 4:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARX2 hr
Jul 6, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 14, 7:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 14, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 14, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARX39 min
Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 14, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningARX42 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARX52 min
Jul 27, 3:10 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryARX30 hr
Jul 27, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 27, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 7, 11:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 3:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 9, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARX6 hr
Aug 9, 1:55 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryARX28 hr
Aug 20, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX48 min
Aug 20, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX62 min
Aug 24, 6:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 24, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX67 min
Aug 24, 12:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 24, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARX47 min
Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDTFlood WatchARX13 hr
Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 27, 4:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 27, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Aug 27, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningARX41 min
Aug 27, 6:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARX51 min
Aug 27, 7:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARX18 hr
Aug 27, 9:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 27, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARX6 hr
Aug 28, 4:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARX70 hr
Aug 28, 9:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningARX30 hr
Sep 20, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 20, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 20, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARX24 min
Sep 20, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARX50 min
Oct 4, 2:38 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryARX18 hr
Oct 21, 3:07 AM CDTFreeze WarningARX30 hr
Oct 22, 1:56 PM CDTFreeze WarningARX19 hr
Nov 13, 5:42 PM CSTWind AdvisoryARX14 hr
Dec 5, 3:03 AM CSTWind AdvisoryARX30 hr
Dec 8, 2:41 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchARX35 hr
Dec 9, 5:23 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX4 hr
Dec 9, 1:50 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX43 hr
Dec 13, 3:25 AM CSTHigh Wind WatchARX35 hr
Dec 14, 2:46 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningARX39 hr
Dec 15, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Dec 15, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatARX68 min
Dec 15, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningARX32 min
Dec 15, 7:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 24, 7:47 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARX6 hr
Dec 27, 2:38 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX33 hr
Dec 28, 8:59 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 30, 8:47 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARX14 hr
Dec 31, 12:32 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARX8 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.