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Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2026
179 special weather statements in 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
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- Special Weather Statements
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- July41 special weather statements
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- July 20, 20269 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 64 min |
| Jan 16, 11:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Jan 16, 11:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 65 min |
| Jan 16, 12:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jan 16, 12:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 31 min |
| Jan 16, 1:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 4:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 78 min |
| Feb 25, 7:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Marshall, Story | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 8:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story, Tama | 113 min |
| Mar 6, 1:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 2:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 2:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 3:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 7:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Guthrie | 9 min |
| Mar 6, 10:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 10:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 11:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 12:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 12:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Lucas | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones, Linn | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Linn | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Greene, Guthrie | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Carroll | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Union | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Linn | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 34 min |
| May 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 43 min |
| May 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 38 min |
| May 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 65 min |
| May 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 24 min |
| May 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 23 min |
| May 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 47 min |
| May 16, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa | 43 min |
| May 16, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 53 min |
| May 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 54 min |
| May 17, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 47 min |
| May 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 37 min |
| May 18, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 38 min |
| May 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 34 min |
| May 18, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 36 min |
| May 18, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 45 min |
| May 18, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 44 min |
| May 19, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 46 min |
| May 22, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 28 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Worth | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 96 min |
| Jun 7, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 78 min |
| Jun 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Marshall, Story | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jones | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque, Jones | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Worth | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Linn | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 7:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Marion | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 77 min |
| Jul 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Winneshiek | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Linn | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Pocahontas | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 10:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Van Buren | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Butler | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 32 min |
| Sep 15, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 50 min |
| Sep 19, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 39 min |
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Scott | 64 min |
| Sep 20, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County15
- Van Buren County12
- Linn County11
- Henry County10
- Muscatine County10
- Delaware County10
- Washington County9
- Des Moines County9
- Jefferson County9
- Winneshiek County9
- Louisa County9
- Lee County8
- Iowa County8
- Clinton County7
- Mitchell County7
- Keokuk County7
- Howard County7
- Dubuque County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Jackson County6
- Buchanan County6
- Allamakee County6
- Mills County5
- Worth County5
- Floyd County5
- Jones County5
- Johnson County5
- Cedar County5
- Winnebago County5
- Benton County5
- Fayette County5
- Fremont County4
- Pottawattamie County4
- Montgomery County4
- Guthrie County4
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Kossuth County4
- Boone County3
- Marshall County3
- Story County3
30 more counties
- Wapello County3
- Hancock County3
- Humboldt County3
- Harrison County2
- Decatur County2
- Lucas County2
- Ringgold County2
- Adams County2
- Polk County2
- Clayton County2
- Marion County2
- Cass County2
- Audubon County2
- Page County1
- Clarke County1
- Jasper County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Adair County1
- Greene County1
- Carroll County1
- Union County1
- Crawford County1
- Monona County1
- Emmet County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Franklin County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Butler County1
- Dallas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.