Weather alerts in Warren County, Iowa, 2010

231 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Warren County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 231
Warnings: 74
Watches: 55
Advisories: 51
Busiest month: June71 alerts
Busiest day: June 18, 201015 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

2 of 5 tornado warnings covering Warren County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 4 of 7 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 7 minutes after it went out.

Warren County, 2010

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	5	2	60%	7	57%	7 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	27	19	30%	19	68%	27 min
Flash flood warnings	8	7	13%	3	100%	45 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 Warning	DMX	21 hr
Jan 7, 3:24 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	42 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 19, 11:54 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Jan 20, 3:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 20, 9:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Jan 20, 11:54 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	7 hr
Jan 23, 3:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	11 hr
Jan 24, 3:28 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	33 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 Weather Advisory	DMX	48 hr
Feb 14, 4:07 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	32 hr
Feb 19, 10:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	12 hr
Feb 20, 3:49 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	12 hr
Feb 20, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	32 hr
Feb 20, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	32 hr
Mar 7, 4:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	17 hr
Mar 8, 2:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	7 days
Mar 9, 1:25 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	39 hr
Mar 9, 1:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	31 hr
Mar 11, 2:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	34 hr
Mar 15, 9:20 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	4 hr
Mar 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	12 hr
Mar 20, 4:02 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	6 hr
Apr 2, 8:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 2, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Apr 2, 11:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	40 min
Apr 2, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	31 min
Apr 5, 11:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Apr 5, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	48 min
Apr 5, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 5, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	38 min
Apr 5, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	38 min
Apr 5, 4:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 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, 1:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Apr 6, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 6, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	42 min
Apr 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	39 min
Apr 6, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	32 min
Apr 6, 6:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	7 hr
Apr 25, 2:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	24 hr
Apr 29, 3:57 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	13 hr
Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 30, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	32 min
May 2, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
May 7, 10:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	17 hr
May 8, 3:54 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DMX	29 hr
May 10, 3:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	5 hr
May 10, 3:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	12 hr
May 12, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	26 hr
May 12, 4:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	62 hr
May 12, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
May 12, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	24 hr
May 12, 10:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Jun 1, 10:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 1, 1:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	40 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	50 min
Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	24 min
Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	28 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jun 1, 9:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	29 hr
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 5, 1:19 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 5, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
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, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 10, 10:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 12, 3:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Jun 12, 4:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 12, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	6 days
Jun 12, 8:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Jun 12, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	13 hr
Jun 13, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	27 hr
Jun 13, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	53 hr
Jun 13, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	11 hr
Jun 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	13 hr
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, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 18, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	59 min
Jun 18, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	62 min
Jun 18, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 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, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	49 min
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	35 min
Jun 18, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	43 min
Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jun 18, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	43 min
Jun 18, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	3 days
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 19, 11:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jun 21, 9:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	67 min
Jun 22, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 22, 4:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jun 22, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	46 min
Jun 22, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	48 min
Jun 22, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	43 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, 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, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	5 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, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	42 min
Jun 27, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	3 days
Jun 27, 11:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	10 hr
Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	63 hr
Jul 7, 11:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	15 hr
Jul 7, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Jul 12, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	42 min
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, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	4 hr
Jul 18, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	45 min
Jul 18, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	41 min
Jul 18, 3:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	30 min
Jul 18, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	61 min
Jul 18, 12:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	5 hr
Jul 19, 10:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	41 hr
Jul 19, 11:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	4 days
Jul 19, 11:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	58 hr
Jul 19, 7:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 20, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 20, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	53 min
Jul 20, 3:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Jul 20, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	12 hr
Jul 20, 2:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	5 hr
Jul 21, 3:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	47 hr
Jul 22, 3:52 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	16 hr
Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 23, 4:01 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	10 hr
Jul 23, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	27 hr
Jul 23, 5:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jul 23, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	41 min
Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	49 min
Jul 23, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	3 hr
Jul 23, 10:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	11 hr
Jul 24, 4:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	5 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, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:44 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	6 hr
Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	13 hr
Aug 3, 9:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Aug 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 3, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	52 min
Aug 4, 2:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	66 hr
Aug 7, 3:40 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	DMX	12 hr
Aug 7, 3:40 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	DMX	6 days
Aug 8, 3:29 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	15 hr
Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	17 hr
Aug 8, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 8, 11:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 9, 2:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	100 min
Aug 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Aug 10, 2:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Aug 10, 4:09 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	63 hr
Aug 10, 6:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	12 hr
Aug 10, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	6 hr
Aug 11, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal 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 20, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	36 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
Sep 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Sep 17, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Sep 18, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Sep 20, 1:44 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	7 hr
Oct 2, 3:56 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DMX	29 hr
Oct 23, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr
Oct 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
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, 3:49 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	51 hr
Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	24 min
Oct 28, 3:51 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	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 23, 3:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	38 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

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	27
Tornado Warning	5
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	23
Tornado Watch	5
Mesoscale Discussion	51
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Warning	8
River Flood Warning	21
Flash Flood Watch	20
Areal Flood Advisory	7
Winter
Blizzard Warning	2
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	4
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	1
Frost Advisory	2
Wind Chill Advisory	5
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2009 2011

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.