Iowa weather alerts
There are no active weather alerts for Iowa right now.
Updated from the National Weather Service · lists refresh hourly; the live map loads current alerts directly from the NWS
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Iowa alerts by type
- Iowa tornado warnings
- Iowa tornado watches
- Iowa severe thunderstorm warnings
- Iowa flash flood warnings
- Iowa flood warnings
- Iowa flood watches
- Iowa winter storm warnings
- Iowa winter storm watches
- Iowa winter weather advisories
- Iowa blizzard warnings
- Iowa extreme cold warnings
- Iowa cold weather advisories
- Iowa freeze warnings
- Iowa frost advisories
- Iowa heat advisories
- Iowa extreme heat warnings
- Iowa high wind warnings
- Iowa wind advisories
- Iowa red flag warnings
- Iowa dense fog advisories
Iowa counties
Every county page lists its active alerts, the alerts issued there in recent days and its full warning and tornado history.
- 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
Cities in Iowa
How often alerts are issued in Iowa
Average number of alert events per year in Iowa, 2016–2025, from the NWS warning archive.
| Alert type | Per year | 2025 | 2026 so far | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 537.4 | 592 | 838 | November 11, 2026 |
| Flood Warning | 179.3 | 63 | 156 | November 7, 2026 |
| Tornado Warning | 93.2 | 58 | 191 | September 14, 2026 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 81.8 | 84 | 29 | April 7, 2026 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 73.8 | 76 | 53 | September 30, 2026 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 66.6 | 70 | 101 | September 6, 2026 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 62.8 | 68 | 95 | October 9, 2026 |
| Wind Advisory | 52.8 | 66 | 25 | June 17, 2026 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 32.7 | 44 | 17 | March 16, 2026 |
| Flood Watch | 28.9 | 23 | 45 | September 30, 2026 |
| Heat Advisory | 28.6 | 39 | 34 | September 8, 2026 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 22 | 25 | 5 | March 16, 2026 |
| Tornado Watch | 21.2 | 19 | 47 | September 14, 2026 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 19.7 | 19 | 5 | March 15, 2026 |
| Red Flag Warning | 17.7 | 26 | 29 | May 14, 2026 |
| Flood Advisory | 17.5 | 18 | 14 | September 9, 2026 |
Tornadoes in Iowa
Iowa has recorded 3,079 tornadoes since 1950, an average of 55.7 per year over the last 30 years, with 98 deaths. See Iowa tornado history, maps and records →