High Wind Warnings in Iowa
132 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 132
- Busiest year
- 202522 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 7over 19 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.
- Woodbury County28
- Calhoun County27
- Hamilton County26
- Ida County26
- Lyon County26
- Palo Alto County26
- Plymouth County26
- Boone County25
- Carroll County25
- Emmet County25
- O'Brien County25
- Pocahontas County25
- Sac County25
- Marshall County25
- Story County25
- Sioux County25
- Buena Vista County24
- Cherokee County24
- Crawford County24
- Hancock County24
- Webster County24
- Winnebago County24
- Wright County24
- Cerro Gordo County23
- Greene County23
- Humboldt County23
- Kossuth County23
- Osceola County23
- Monona County23
- Clay County22
- Franklin County22
- Hardin County22
- Tama County22
- Dickinson County21
- Worth County21
- Audubon County21
- Dallas County21
- Guthrie County21
- Polk County21
- Harrison County19
59 more counties
- Black Hawk County18
- Poweshiek County18
- Bremer County17
- Butler County17
- Cass County17
- Grundy County17
- Jasper County17
- Union County17
- Warren County17
- Clinton County17
- Adair County16
- Adams County16
- Clarke County16
- Lucas County16
- Madison County16
- Marion County15
- Ringgold County15
- Taylor County15
- Cedar County15
- Pottawattamie County15
- Decatur County14
- Mahaska County14
- Scott County14
- Dubuque County14
- Jackson County14
- Jones County14
- Wayne County13
- Johnson County13
- Muscatine County13
- Shelby County13
- Monroe County12
- Wapello County12
- Iowa County12
- Benton County12
- Buchanan County12
- Delaware County12
- Fremont County12
- Linn County12
- Mills County12
- Appanoose County11
- Davis County11
- Montgomery County11
- Louisa County10
- Page County10
- Des Moines County9
- Keokuk County8
- Washington County8
- Fayette County8
- Winneshiek County8
- Henry County7
- Jefferson County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Floyd County7
- Howard County7
- Mitchell County7
- Lee County6
- Van Buren County6
- Allamakee County6
- Clayton County6
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 10:05 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Tama | 55 min |
| May 16, 10:08 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Clarke, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:54 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 30 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:27 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 30 more | 8 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. Rebuilt daily.