Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2018
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, March 2018
26 special weather statements in March 2018. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 26
- Busiest day
- March 5, 20187 special weather statements
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 5, 12:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 1:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Des Moines, Henry and 11 more | 87 min |
| Mar 5, 3:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more | 89 min |
| Mar 5, 4:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 12 more | 89 min |
| Mar 5, 5:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson and 6 more | 87 min |
| Mar 5, 7:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Scott | 95 min |
| Mar 5, 7:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 3 more | 90 min |
| Mar 6, 4:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn and 1 more | 80 min |
| Mar 6, 5:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson and 6 more | 84 min |
| Mar 6, 6:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 114 min |
| Mar 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona, Shelby | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 6 more | 55 min |
| Mar 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 11 more | 91 min |
| Mar 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 4 more | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson | 80 min |
| Mar 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn and 1 more | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County12
- Des Moines County11
- Linn County11
- Washington County11
- Johnson County10
- Jones County10
- Lee County10
- Louisa County10
- Muscatine County10
- Cedar County9
- Delaware County9
- Jefferson County9
- Keokuk County9
- Clinton County9
- Scott County9
- Van Buren County8
- Benton County8
- Buchanan County8
- Iowa County8
- Dubuque County8
- Jackson County8
- Pottawattamie County2
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Shelby County1
- Dallas County1
- Polk County1
- Page 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.