Weather alerts in Jones County, Iowa, 2014

159 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Jones County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 159
Warnings: 43
Watches: 22
Advisories: 41
Busiest month: June51 alerts
Busiest day: June 30, 201423 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Jones County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 5 minutes after it went out.

Jones County, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	1	50%	1	100%	5 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	18	17	6%	23	83%	16 min
Flash flood warnings	6	5	17%	3	100%	121 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 5, 3:07 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DVN	57 hr
Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	7 hr
Jan 10, 4:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	6 hr
Jan 10, 3:36 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DVN	8 hr
Jan 10, 7:42 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	8 hr
Jan 13, 9:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	12 hr
Jan 14, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	13 hr
Jan 16, 10:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	9 hr
Jan 17, 3:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	27 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, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	27 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, 7:30 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DVN	8 hr
Jan 28, 3:29 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	30 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, 3:52 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	12 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, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	34 min
Feb 20, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	27 min
Feb 20, 2:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	54 min
Feb 20, 2:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	43 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 27, 2:53 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	16 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 25, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	2 hr
Mar 31, 6:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 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 13, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	63 min
Apr 13, 1:27 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DVN	14 hr
Apr 27, 2:47 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DVN	27 hr
Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	32 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	38 min
May 7, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	39 min
May 11, 9:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
May 11, 11:53 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 11, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 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, 7:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
May 16, 2:07 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DVN	17 hr
May 20, 2:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	66 min
May 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	45 min
May 20, 5:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
May 20, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	40 min
May 20, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	53 min
May 20, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	65 min
May 20, 9:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
May 31, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	37 min
Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 16, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	39 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	43 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	63 min
Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 17, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	59 min
Jun 17, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	58 min
Jun 17, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	52 min
Jun 17, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	32 min
Jun 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	21 hr
Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Jun 18, 5:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 18, 11:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 19, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	19 hr
Jun 19, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	41 min
Jun 19, 2:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 19, 3:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 20, 7:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	44 hr
Jun 21, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	7 days
Jun 22, 11:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	101 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, 7:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 29, 9:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jun 29, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 29, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	37 min
Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	29 min
Jun 29, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 29, 11:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 29, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	50 min
Jun 29, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	26 hr
Jun 30, 1:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	8 days
Jun 30, 2:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	4 days
Jun 30, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 30, 4:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
Jun 30, 4:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	6 hr
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, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	66 min
Jun 30, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	46 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, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	52 min
Jul 22, 3:43 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	15 hr
Aug 17, 4:49 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	4 hr
Aug 21, 9:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 23, 9:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	57 min
Aug 25, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	56 min
Aug 25, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	82 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, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	59 min
Sep 9, 3:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	30 hr
Sep 20, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	55 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
Nov 23, 2:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	33 hr
Dec 5, 1:33 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	10 hr
Dec 14, 12:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	3 hr
Dec 14, 9:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	3 hr
Dec 14, 1:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	18 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	18
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	10
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	36
Special Weather Statement	17
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	4
Flood Watch	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Freezing Rain Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	4
Wind Chill Watch	1
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	15
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	9

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2013 2015

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.