Alert archive / Iowa / Red Flag Warnings / 2020
Red Flag Warnings in Iowa, March 2020
5 red flag warnings in March 2020. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 5, 20202 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:46 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:56 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:11 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Cass County2
- Clarke County2
- Decatur County2
- Madison County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Appanoose County1
- Davis County1
- Lucas County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Keokuk County1
- Lee County1
- Louisa County1
- Van Buren County1
- Washington County1
- Audubon County1
- Guthrie County1
- Harrison County1
- Shelby County1
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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.