Alert archive / Iowa / Tama County
Weather alerts in Tama County, Iowa, 2010
178 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Tama County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 178
- Warnings
- 38
- Watches
- 45
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- June43 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 18, 201013 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Tama County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them.
Tama County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 9 | 36% | 6 | 50% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 4 | 43% | 1 | 100% | 82 min |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings | 56 | 12 | 79% | 33 | 76% | 14 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 361 | 187 | 48% | 501 | 81% | 24 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings | 100 | 64 | 36% | 180 | 87% | 120 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, 2:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 19 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:55 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 20 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 53 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 42 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 48 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:58 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DMX | 23 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 39 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 18 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:39 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:33 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:25 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 39 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 6, 4:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 13 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 7, 10:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| May 7, 3:48 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| May 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| May 12, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 26 hr |
| May 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 29 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 42 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 27 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 7:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 18, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 54 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 20 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 23, 5:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 26, 1:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 26, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 27, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 63 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 15 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 28 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 47 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 23, 3:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 23, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 27 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:52 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 13 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 107 min |
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 17 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 100 min |
| Aug 9, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | 63 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 12 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 12 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 33 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 21, 9:44 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 20, 1:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 17 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:35 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:49 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 36 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:49 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 15 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 30 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 41 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:56 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 18 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 26 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 38 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 10 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 22 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 3 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 | 14 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 15 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 47 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 18 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
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.