Wind Advisories in Iowa
1,105 wind advisories since 1986. 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 1,105
- Busiest year
- 202073 wind advisories
- Average year
- 50over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County236
- O'Brien County236
- Dickinson County235
- Osceola County234
- Buena Vista County224
- Emmet County220
- Lyon County220
- Palo Alto County219
- Woodbury County217
- Monona County216
- Plymouth County215
- Kossuth County214
- Cherokee County213
- Sioux County212
- Pocahontas County210
- Ida County207
- Calhoun County204
- Hancock County199
- Humboldt County199
- Sac County199
- Winnebago County199
- Cerro Gordo County196
- Worth County195
- Carroll County193
- Harrison County192
- Webster County190
- Wright County190
- Crawford County187
- Hamilton County184
- Pottawattamie County182
- Franklin County180
- Greene County177
- Hardin County177
- Shelby County176
- Mills County173
- Boone County172
- Story County169
- Audubon County162
- Butler County161
- Fremont County161
59 more counties
- Montgomery County159
- Grundy County158
- Guthrie County158
- Page County158
- Marshall County156
- Bremer County153
- Black Hawk County152
- Dallas County151
- Polk County148
- Cass County146
- Adair County143
- Union County140
- Adams County139
- Madison County139
- Tama County139
- Jasper County136
- Chickasaw County134
- Floyd County133
- Taylor County133
- Warren County132
- Mitchell County130
- Poweshiek County130
- Marion County128
- Ringgold County128
- Howard County126
- Scott County126
- Jones County125
- Linn County125
- Muscatine County125
- Clarke County125
- Benton County123
- Buchanan County123
- Cedar County123
- Clinton County123
- Delaware County123
- Dubuque County123
- Mahaska County123
- Decatur County123
- Fayette County120
- Jackson County120
- Johnson County119
- Louisa County118
- Lucas County117
- Iowa County116
- Wapello County116
- Monroe County114
- Washington County113
- Winneshiek County113
- Des Moines County112
- Wayne County111
- Keokuk County110
- Appanoose County109
- Davis County109
- Henry County109
- Jefferson County107
- Lee County105
- Van Buren County99
- Clayton County82
- Allamakee County68
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Calhoun, Crawford, Davis, Decatur, Emmet and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Page | 24 hr |
| May 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 17 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler and 27 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.