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Iowa weather alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts anywhere in Iowa right now. Pick a county or city for what is active, what it means, and a year of history.

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Where the alerts are right now

All clear across Iowa

No warnings, watches or advisories are in effect in any county. See the national map.

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Last 7 days

Recently issued in Iowa

AlertAreaIssuedEnded
Freeze Warning Hancock County Oct 17, 8:59 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Frost Advisory Davis County Oct 17, 8:59 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Floyd County Oct 17, 8:54 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Monona County Oct 17, 8:50 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Dickinson County Oct 17, 8:48 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Washington County Oct 17, 8:45 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Frost Advisory Van Buren County Oct 17, 8:45 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Buena Vista County Oct 17, 2:49 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Plymouth County Oct 17, 2:49 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Scott County Oct 17, 2:24 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Marshall County Oct 17, 2:24 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Frost Advisory Louisa County Oct 17, 2:24 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Frost Advisory Davis County Oct 17, 2:24 AM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Chickasaw County Oct 16, 11:56 PM Oct 17, 9:00 AM
Freeze Warning Black Hawk County Oct 16, 9:37 PM Oct 17, 9:00 AM

Cities

Alerts by city in Iowa

Every city of 50,000 or more. Alerts are issued by county, so a city page shows the alerts for the county it sits in.

Des Moines
Polk County0 Cedar Rapids
Linn County0 Davenport
Scott County0 Sioux City
Woodbury County0 Iowa City
Johnson County0 Ankeny
Polk County0 West Des Moines
Polk County0 Waterloo
Black Hawk County0 Ames
Story County0 Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County0 Dubuque
Dubuque County0

Everywhere

All 99 counties in Iowa

Adair County Adams County Allamakee County Appanoose County Audubon County Benton County Black Hawk County Boone County Bremer County Buchanan County Buena Vista County Butler County Calhoun County Carroll County Cass County Cedar County Cerro Gordo County Cherokee County Chickasaw County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinton County Crawford County Dallas County Davis County Decatur County Delaware County Des Moines County Dickinson County Dubuque County Emmet County Fayette County Floyd County Franklin County Fremont County Greene County Grundy County Guthrie County Hamilton County Hancock County Hardin County Harrison County Henry County Howard County Humboldt County Ida County Iowa County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Johnson County Jones County Keokuk County Kossuth County Lee County Linn County Louisa County Lucas County Lyon County Madison County Mahaska County Marion County Marshall County Mills County Mitchell County Monona County Monroe County Montgomery County Muscatine County O'Brien County Osceola County Page County Palo Alto County Plymouth County Pocahontas County Polk County Pottawattamie County Poweshiek County Ringgold County Sac County Scott County Shelby County Sioux County Story County Tama County Taylor County Union County Van Buren County Wapello County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Winnebago County Winneshiek County Woodbury County Worth County Wright County
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