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High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2026
15 high wind warnings in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 15
- Busiest month
- March9 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20264 high wind warnings
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:42 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:03 AM CST | High Wind Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:24 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DVN | Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:27 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 35 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, 9:54 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 30 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 38 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, 12:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| May 16, 10:08 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Clarke, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:05 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Tama | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jasper County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Tama County4
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Ida County3
- Lyon County3
- O'Brien County3
- Plymouth County3
- Sioux County3
- Woodbury County3
- Harrison County3
- Monona County3
- Shelby County3
- Cedar County3
- Iowa County3
- Johnson County3
- Muscatine County3
- Audubon County3
- Boone County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Clarke County3
- Crawford County3
- Dallas County3
- Greene County3
- Guthrie County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hardin County3
- Lucas County3
- Madison County3
- Mahaska County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Polk County3
- Sac County3
- Story County3
- Union County3
- Warren County3
- Webster County3
59 more counties
- Black Hawk County3
- Bremer County3
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Keokuk County2
- Louisa County2
- Washington County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Appanoose County2
- Cass County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Monroe County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Wapello County2
- Wayne County2
- Clay County2
- Dickinson County2
- Osceola County2
- Butler County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Emmet County2
- Franklin County2
- Grundy County2
- Hancock County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Jackson County2
- Jones County2
- Linn County2
- Scott County2
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lee County1
- Van Buren County1
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.