Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 403
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 23, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT for 71 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Adair County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Knox County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Webster | 33 min |
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 34 min |
| May 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 34 min |
| May 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 31 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 47 min |
| May 23, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 46 min |
| May 23, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 33 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway and 30 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.