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Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2011
56 wind advisories in 2011. 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 in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 56
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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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 36 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:20 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 9 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:07 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:59 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 28 hr |
| May 1, 3:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 13 hr |
| May 4, 11:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| May 25, 4:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 17 hr |
| May 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 34 hr |
| May 29, 3:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| May 30, 3:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Crawford and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 34 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 22 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 16 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 3 days |
| Oct 7, 4:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 27 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 15 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 11 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:26 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 57 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Osceola County16
- Lyon County15
- O'Brien County15
- Sioux County14
- Plymouth County13
- Woodbury County13
- Clay County13
- Dickinson County13
- Kossuth County13
- Emmet County12
- Palo Alto County12
- Winnebago County12
- Buena Vista County12
- Cherokee County12
- Ida County12
- Harrison County11
- Cerro Gordo County11
- Hancock County11
- Worth County11
- Fremont County10
- Mills County10
- Monona County10
- Montgomery County10
- Page County10
- Pottawattamie County10
- Shelby County10
- Pocahontas County10
- Wright County10
- Carroll County10
- Franklin County9
- Humboldt County9
- Greene County9
- Webster County9
- Audubon County8
- Boone County8
- Calhoun County8
- Crawford County8
- Guthrie County8
- Hamilton County8
- Sac County8
59 more counties
- Story County8
- Chickasaw County7
- Floyd County7
- Howard County7
- Mitchell County7
- Black Hawk County7
- Bremer County7
- Butler County7
- Grundy County7
- Cass County7
- Hardin County7
- Marshall County7
- Tama County7
- Fayette County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Adair County6
- Adams County6
- Dallas County6
- Jasper County6
- Polk County6
- Poweshiek County6
- Taylor County6
- Union County6
- Clayton County5
- Madison County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Wapello County5
- Benton County5
- Buchanan County5
- Cedar County5
- Clinton County5
- Delaware County5
- Dubuque County5
- Henry County5
- Iowa County5
- Jackson County5
- Jefferson County5
- Johnson County5
- Jones County5
- Keokuk County5
- Linn County5
- Louisa County5
- Muscatine County5
- Scott County5
- Washington County5
- Allamakee County4
- Ringgold County4
- Des Moines County4
- Appanoose County3
- Clarke County3
- Davis County3
- Decatur County3
- Lucas County3
- Monroe County3
- Warren County3
- Wayne County3
- Lee County3
- Van Buren County3
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. Rebuilt daily.