Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2020

Wind Advisories by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

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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 4, 2:10 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	25 hr
Jan 5, 2:40 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	13 hr
Jan 5, 3:09 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 14 more	13 hr
Jan 5, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	9 hr
Jan 9, 3:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more	11 hr
Jan 9, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 11 more	11 hr
Jan 18, 2:56 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	10 hr
Feb 8, 3:23 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona	22 hr
Feb 8, 3:24 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Plymouth, Woodbury	19 hr
Feb 14, 3:18 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	16 hr
Feb 14, 3:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more	20 hr
Feb 14, 3:43 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Monona	14 hr
Mar 4, 1:46 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	28 hr
Mar 4, 2:33 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	27 hr
Mar 4, 2:55 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	36 hr
Mar 4, 3:26 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 39 more	30 hr
Mar 4, 8:15 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more	28 hr
Mar 27, 3:10 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	33 hr
Mar 27, 3:41 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	36 hr
Mar 28, 2:59 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	34 hr
Mar 28, 3:23 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	O'Brien, Osceola	25 hr
Mar 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	22 hr
Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	28 hr
Apr 8, 3:29 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	26 hr
Apr 8, 3:32 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Apr 9, 2:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd	16 hr
Apr 9, 2:52 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	16 hr
Apr 11, 3:14 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	31 hr
Apr 12, 3:42 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	36 hr
Apr 12, 4:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 34 more	23 hr
Apr 20, 3:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola	15 hr
Apr 29, 2:35 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	16 hr
Apr 29, 3:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more	16 hr
Apr 29, 3:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	16 hr
Apr 29, 8:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	10 hr
May 5, 8:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	9 hr
May 5, 9:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Decatur, Ringgold and 2 more	9 hr
Jun 8, 11:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	7 hr
Jun 9, 3:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Jun 9, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	27 hr
Jun 9, 3:46 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Palo Alto and 2 more	15 hr
Jun 14, 9:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	11 hr
Sep 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	29 hr
Oct 11, 12:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	7 hr
Oct 11, 3:05 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	3 hr
Oct 11, 3:05 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	10 hr
Oct 13, 2:40 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	31 hr
Oct 14, 4:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 4 more	15 hr
Oct 14, 1:12 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	12 hr
Oct 14, 1:39 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 5 more	10 hr
Oct 16, 1:43 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more	28 hr
Oct 17, 3:23 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 4 more	12 hr
Oct 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	15 hr
Oct 31, 11:51 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more	7 hr
Nov 1, 12:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	14 hr
Nov 7, 1:10 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	29 hr
Nov 7, 1:49 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 13 more	28 hr
Nov 7, 2:33 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	27 hr
Nov 7, 2:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	27 hr
Nov 10, 2:41 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 4 more	17 hr
Nov 14, 3:14 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 41 more	36 hr
Nov 14, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	38 hr
Nov 14, 11:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	17 hr
Nov 14, 2:06 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	28 hr
Nov 14, 2:27 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola	25 hr
Dec 21, 3:16 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:25 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more	12 hr
Dec 21, 11:32 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 22, 1:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	32 hr
Dec 22, 2:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more	33 hr
Dec 22, 9:07 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	27 hr
Dec 23, 3:43 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	23 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.