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Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2016
48 wind advisories in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- February13 wind advisories
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20165 wind advisories
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:05 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 51 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 51 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 14 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:59 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:48 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:49 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 7:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:57 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 41 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:41 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson | 20 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:03 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Greene and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford and 18 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 22 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:59 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:47 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:12 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:36 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola | 17 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 21 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 17 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:49 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 20 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:09 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monona County11
- Osceola County11
- Lyon County10
- Clay County10
- Dickinson County10
- O'Brien County10
- Plymouth County9
- Sioux County9
- Woodbury County9
- Buena Vista County9
- Cherokee County9
- Ida County9
- Calhoun County8
- Emmet County8
- Hamilton County8
- Hardin County8
- Palo Alto County8
- Pocahontas County8
- Harrison County7
- Pottawattamie County7
- Shelby County7
- Boone County7
- Carroll County7
- Cerro Gordo County7
- Crawford County7
- Franklin County7
- Greene County7
- Grundy County7
- Hancock County7
- Humboldt County7
- Kossuth County7
- Sac County7
- Story County7
- Webster County7
- Winnebago County7
- Worth County7
- Wright County7
- Des Moines County7
- Lee County7
- Audubon County6
59 more counties
- Black Hawk County6
- Bremer County6
- Butler County6
- Clarke County6
- Dallas County6
- Jasper County6
- Lucas County6
- Madison County6
- Mahaska County6
- Marshall County6
- Poweshiek County6
- Tama County6
- Warren County6
- Wayne County6
- Benton County6
- Cedar County6
- Clinton County6
- Delaware County6
- Dubuque County6
- Henry County6
- Iowa County6
- Jackson County6
- Jefferson County6
- Johnson County6
- Jones County6
- Keokuk County6
- Linn County6
- Louisa County6
- Muscatine County6
- Scott County6
- Van Buren County6
- Washington County6
- Mills County5
- Allamakee County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Clayton County5
- Fayette County5
- Floyd County5
- Howard County5
- Mitchell County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Adair County5
- Adams County5
- Appanoose County5
- Cass County5
- Davis County5
- Decatur County5
- Guthrie County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Polk County5
- Taylor County5
- Union County5
- Wapello County5
- Buchanan County5
- Fremont County4
- Montgomery County4
- Page County4
- Ringgold County4
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.