Alert archive / Iowa / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Iowa, February 2026
9 red flag warnings in February 2026. 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 9
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:25 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:06 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Monona | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:28 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:40 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Emmet, Humboldt and 12 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monona County2
- Appanoose County2
- Clarke County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Emmet County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Lucas County2
- Monroe County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Ringgold County2
- Sac County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Wapello County2
- Wayne County2
- Winnebago County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Dickinson County2
- Ida County2
- Lyon County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Plymouth County2
- Sioux County2
- Woodbury County2
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lee County2
- Louisa County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Van Buren County2
- Harrison County1
- Montgomery County1
56 more counties
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Audubon County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Boone County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Crawford County1
- Dallas County1
- Franklin County1
- Greene County1
- Grundy County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hancock County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Story County1
- Tama County1
- Warren County1
- Webster County1
- Worth County1
- Wright County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Keokuk County1
- Linn County1
- Washington County1
Nearby
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.