Alert archive / Iowa / Iowa County
Weather alerts in Iowa County, Iowa, 2014
141 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Iowa County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 141
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- June33 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 30, 201412 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Iowa County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Iowa County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 12 | 75% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 3 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 116 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Quad Cities, IA: tornado warnings | 19 | 3 | 84% | 13 | 23% | 12 min |
| NWS Quad Cities, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 132 | 98 | 26% | 373 | 74% | 20 min |
| NWS Quad Cities, IA: flash flood warnings | 23 | 18 | 22% | 64 | 89% | 115 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 1, 4:15 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 10 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:50 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | DVN | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:06 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DVN | 3 days |
| Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 7 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:42 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 8 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:57 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:21 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DVN | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:21 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 52 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | 24 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | 39 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:51 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DVN | 44 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 8 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 31 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:36 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 18 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 45 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 21 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:05 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:22 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 32 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 34 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | 42 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Feb 20, 1:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 60 min |
| Feb 25, 3:21 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:35 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 39 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:51 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | 17 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | 5 days |
| Mar 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | 16 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 12, 9:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 12, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | 14 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:47 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | 27 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 52 min |
| May 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 11, 10:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 11, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 11, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 12, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 62 min |
| May 12, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 67 min |
| May 12, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 12, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 12, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 26 min |
| May 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DVN | 17 hr |
| May 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 5:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 21, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 17, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | 27 days |
| Jun 19, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 11:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 101 min |
| Jun 22, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | 26 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:43 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DVN | 15 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 5:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 113 min |
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 108 min |
| Sep 9, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | 30 hr |
| Oct 2, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 117 min |
| Oct 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | 17 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 21 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:58 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 12 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | 33 hr |
| Nov 21, 4:24 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DVN | 26 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 10 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | 7 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.
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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.