Alert archive / Iowa / Ida County
Weather alerts in Ida County, Iowa, 2016
105 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ida County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest month
- July18 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 11, 20166 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Ida County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 8 | 11% | 5 | 100% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: tornado warnings | 10 | 1 | 90% | 6 | 17% | 6 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: severe thunderstorm warnings | 182 | 116 | 36% | 239 | 82% | 17 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: flash flood warnings | 34 | 13 | 62% | 23 | 100% | 64 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 9:23 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Jan 7, 7:57 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 111 min |
| Jan 7, 2:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 88 min |
| Jan 9, 3:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 31 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:32 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | 32 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:32 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 53 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:23 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | 35 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 48 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 8 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:21 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | 37 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:48 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 44 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:51 PM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | 21 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 7:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 8 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:47 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 40 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 22 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 9, 10:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 23, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 25, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 3, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 9, 3:07 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 54 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 11:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 29, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 30, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:57 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | FSD | 24 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:06 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | FSD | 5 days |
| Jul 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 18 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 10:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Sep 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Sep 15, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 20, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 44 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:59 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | 13 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:39 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 10 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 19 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 43 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:35 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 48 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:02 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | 56 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 14 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:41 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:54 PM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | 18 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 21 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 14 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 | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Blizzard Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 12 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.