Alert archive / Iowa / Jefferson County

Weather alerts in Jefferson County, Iowa, 2009

129 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Jefferson County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
129
Warnings
25
Watches
27
Advisories
29
Busiest month
June36 alerts
Busiest day
June 8, 20096 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Jefferson County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings13931%560%25 min
Flash flood warnings4175%0

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Quad Cities, IA: tornado warnings17665%1878%11 min
NWS Quad Cities, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings1179023%34788%33 min
NWS Quad Cities, IA: flash flood warnings493724%8684%91 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 3:46 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN10 hr
Jan 12, 3:24 AM CSTBlizzard WatchDVN10 hr
Jan 12, 3:24 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN23 hr
Jan 12, 6:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 13, 2:45 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVN12 hr
Jan 13, 3:15 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN36 hr
Jan 13, 6:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 13, 11:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 14, 3:45 AM CSTWind Chill WarningDVN56 hr
Jan 14, 3:45 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVN11 hr
Jan 17, 4:48 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN7 hr
Feb 2, 3:16 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVN19 hr
Feb 20, 4:17 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN35 hr
Feb 26, 9:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 26, 10:09 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN4 hr
Mar 6, 11:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchDVN51 hr
Mar 7, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN39 min
Mar 7, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN35 min
Mar 7, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN23 min
Mar 7, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN44 min
Mar 8, 5:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVN15 hr
Mar 9, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN32 hr
Mar 9, 11:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVN12 hr
Mar 10, 4:22 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDVN27 hr
Mar 10, 9:25 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN4 hr
Mar 23, 3:39 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDVN4 hr
Mar 27, 11:32 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchDVN16 hr
Mar 28, 3:33 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningDVN24 hr
Apr 21, 11:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDVN8 hr
Apr 23, 11:42 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN8 hr
Apr 25, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC73 min
Apr 25, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN50 min
Apr 26, 3:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN24 hr
Apr 26, 6:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Apr 26, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 26, 11:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
May 8, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
May 8, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 8, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 13, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 13, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 13, 7:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
May 14, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN31 hr
May 15, 9:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVN6 hr
May 15, 3:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVN16 hr
Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 1, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 1, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 7, 4:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Jun 7, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 7, 8:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jun 7, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN62 min
Jun 7, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN64 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN51 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 8, 3:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Jun 17, 4:30 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN4 hr
Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 18, 1:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 18, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN58 min
Jun 18, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN42 min
Jun 18, 3:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 19, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 19, 12:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 19, 1:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN54 min
Jun 22, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN61 min
Jun 22, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN50 min
Jun 22, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN60 min
Jun 22, 12:07 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDVN7 hr
Jun 22, 3:25 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDVN29 hr
Jun 23, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN71 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 23, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVN69 min
Jun 24, 3:57 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDVN11 hr
Jun 25, 10:40 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDVN9 hr
Jun 25, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 27, 1:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jun 27, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 7, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN50 min
Jul 7, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN108 min
Jul 7, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN114 min
Jul 15, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 15, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN3 hr
Jul 15, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVN5 hr
Jul 15, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN69 min
Jul 15, 5:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN85 min
Jul 23, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN60 min
Jul 23, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVN60 min
Jul 24, 9:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jul 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 4, 7:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Aug 8, 2:43 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDVN40 hr
Aug 9, 9:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC35 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 9, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 9, 8:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 17, 1:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 17, 3:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN11 hr
Aug 26, 9:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN42 hr
Aug 27, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVN6 hr
Aug 27, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVN6 hr
Sep 9, 9:22 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN13 hr
Sep 10, 3:10 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN18 hr
Sep 23, 4:12 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN6 hr
Oct 9, 4:02 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryDVN17 hr
Oct 9, 4:02 AM CDTFreeze WatchDVN18 hr
Oct 9, 4:02 AM CDTFreeze WarningDVN29 hr
Oct 29, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVN13 hr
Nov 16, 4:01 AM CSTFlood WatchDVN33 hr
Nov 20, 9:28 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN13 hr
Dec 6, 3:14 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVN25 hr
Dec 7, 3:46 AM CSTBlizzard WatchDVN34 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDVN50 hr
Dec 8, 11:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 8, 1:55 PM CSTBlizzard WarningDVN28 hr
Dec 8, 2:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDVN3 hr
Dec 8, 3:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDVN2 hr
Dec 8, 6:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 8, 9:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 9, 10:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 9, 3:41 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN12 hr
Dec 10, 3:16 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVN9 hr
Dec 14, 3:32 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDVN8 hr
Dec 21, 3:18 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVN3 days
Dec 22, 3:47 PM CSTFlood WatchDVN62 hr
Dec 27, 2:30 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVN12 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.

Nearby

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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.