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Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2025
66 wind advisories in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 66
- Busiest month
- March17 wind advisories
- Busiest day
- February 27, 20255 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 11:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 7 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:35 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:43 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 17 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 26 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 15 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette | 35 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon | 29 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:18 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 38 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie | 28 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 43 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Mitchell | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Monona | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock and 10 more | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 53 hr |
| May 14, 2:15 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie | 30 hr |
| May 14, 9:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 15 more | 24 hr |
| May 15, 1:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 31 hr |
| May 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| May 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more | 31 hr |
| May 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 28 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 9 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 17 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:56 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:32 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 44 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 40 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 26, 6:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Emmet, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Kossuth, Marshall and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:59 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer and 23 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:01 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 40 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:43 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 42 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 22 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lyon County14
- Clay County13
- Dickinson County13
- O'Brien County13
- Osceola County13
- Emmet County13
- Kossuth County13
- Sioux County12
- Cherokee County12
- Hancock County12
- Palo Alto County12
- Winnebago County12
- Monona County12
- Pocahontas County12
- Plymouth County11
- Cerro Gordo County11
- Worth County11
- Cedar County11
- Clinton County11
- Scott County11
- Buena Vista County11
- Calhoun County11
- Hamilton County11
- Hardin County11
- Humboldt County11
- Sac County11
- Webster County11
- Wright County11
- Benton County10
- Buchanan County10
- Delaware County10
- Dubuque County10
- Iowa County10
- Jackson County10
- Johnson County10
- Jones County10
- Keokuk County10
- Linn County10
- Louisa County10
- Muscatine County10
59 more counties
- Washington County10
- Ida County10
- Carroll County10
- Crawford County10
- Franklin County10
- Greene County10
- Chickasaw County9
- Woodbury County9
- Black Hawk County9
- Boone County9
- Dallas County9
- Grundy County9
- Guthrie County9
- Mahaska County9
- Marion County9
- Polk County9
- Story County9
- Tama County9
- Warren County9
- Des Moines County9
- Henry County9
- Jefferson County9
- Lee County9
- Van Buren County9
- Madison County9
- Harrison County9
- Fremont County9
- Mills County9
- Pottawattamie County9
- Floyd County8
- Mitchell County8
- Fayette County8
- Audubon County8
- Jasper County8
- Marshall County8
- Poweshiek County8
- Adair County8
- Adams County8
- Appanoose County8
- Clarke County8
- Davis County8
- Lucas County8
- Monroe County8
- Ringgold County8
- Taylor County8
- Union County8
- Wapello County8
- Wayne County8
- Howard County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Bremer County7
- Butler County7
- Cass County7
- Decatur County7
- Montgomery County7
- Page County7
- Shelby County7
- Clayton County6
- Allamakee County5
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.