Alert archive / Iowa / Union County

Weather alerts in Union County, Iowa, 2023

97 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Union County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
97
Warnings
35
Watches
18
Advisories
18
Busiest month
April24 alerts
Busiest day
April 4, 20238 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 Union County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.

Union County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings251924%1090%25 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings371365%2673%15 min
NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings19512038%32888%22 min
NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings5340%475%103 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 4:19 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX8 hr
Jan 17, 3:09 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMX45 hr
Jan 18, 12:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 22, 6:46 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX14 hr
Jan 24, 5:49 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX5 hr
Feb 14, 3:02 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMX24 hr
Feb 15, 3:27 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDMX39 hr
Feb 16, 2:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 16, 8:02 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 16, 3:12 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDMX25 hr
Mar 17, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMX54 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDMX13 hr
Mar 31, 3:30 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDMX28 hr
Mar 31, 11:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX45 min
Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDMX39 min
Mar 31, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDMX48 min
Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Apr 4, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 4, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX45 min
Apr 4, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDMX38 min
Apr 4, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX40 min
Apr 4, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX50 min
Apr 4, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Apr 4, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX47 min
Apr 4, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX44 min
Apr 4, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX63 min
Apr 12, 2:57 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDMX17 hr
Apr 12, 2:20 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDMX30 hr
Apr 14, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMX62 min
Apr 15, 2:47 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDMX44 hr
Apr 19, 2:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 19, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 21, 3:24 AM CDTFreeze WatchDMX24 hr
Apr 21, 3:24 AM CDTFreeze WarningDMX30 hr
Apr 22, 3:38 AM CDTFreeze WarningDMX29 hr
Apr 23, 4:08 AM CDTFreeze WatchDMX10 hr
Apr 23, 2:31 PM CDTFreeze WarningDMX18 hr
Apr 30, 2:41 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDMX17 hr
May 6, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 6, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 6, 10:41 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX12 hr
May 7, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 7, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
May 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX39 min
May 7, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX47 min
May 7, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX46 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX48 min
May 7, 9:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 17, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 17, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX38 min
Jun 24, 1:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 24, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX23 min
Jun 29, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 29, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX44 min
Jun 29, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX51 min
Jun 30, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX61 min
Jun 30, 7:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX56 min
Jul 12, 4:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 12, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 12, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDMX64 min
Jul 12, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX38 min
Jul 12, 7:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 12, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX39 min
Jul 17, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX23 min
Jul 17, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX31 min
Jul 17, 8:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMX46 min
Jul 17, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMX34 min
Jul 24, 5:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 25, 2:47 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDMX3 days
Jul 27, 3:19 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningDMX42 hr
Jul 28, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 29, 6:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 3, 3:47 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX5 hr
Aug 5, 10:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Aug 10, 3:07 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX6 hr
Aug 11, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 17, 3:07 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchDMX71 hr
Aug 18, 2:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningDMX7 days
Aug 21, 2:56 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchDMX24 hr
Sep 16, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMX33 min
Sep 19, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMX31 min
Oct 6, 2:31 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryDMX30 hr
Oct 9, 2:23 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDMX19 hr
Oct 27, 3:05 AM CDTFreeze WarningDMX31 hr
Nov 25, 11:34 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMX21 hr
Nov 30, 2:57 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMX32 hr
Dec 22, 3:20 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMX20 hr
Dec 26, 2:57 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMX21 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.