Alert archive / Iowa / Hamilton County
Weather alerts in Hamilton County, Iowa, 2012
81 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hamilton County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 81
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- April13 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20125 alerts
Over time
By month
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, 3:35 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:27 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:38 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:05 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 115 min |
| Feb 22, 11:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 26 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 21 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 26 hr |
| Feb 29, 7:16 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DMX | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 23, 3:52 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:51 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 36 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 15, 4:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 33 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 19, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 10 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 5 hr |
| May 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 48 min |
| May 2, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 28 min |
| May 2, 2:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 23 min |
| May 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 43 min |
| May 23, 10:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| May 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 3, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 10:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 48 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:08 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DMX | 3 days |
| Jul 20, 11:22 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DMX | 5 days |
| Jul 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 27 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DMX | 28 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:54 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 13 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 23 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 45 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:58 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 41 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 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 | 8 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
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. Rebuilt daily.