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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 449
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT for 51 counties in Iowa; Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jones County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Crawford County, WI
Warnings issued inside it
36 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 34 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 17 min |
| May 28, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 31 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 37 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 20 min |
| May 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 58 min |
| May 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wright | 21 min |
| May 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 62 min |
| May 28, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 62 min |
| May 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 63 min |
| May 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 65 min |
| May 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 64 min |
| May 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Linn | 51 min |
| May 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 32 min |
| May 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 62 min |
| May 28, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 65 min |
| May 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 64 min |
| May 28, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 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 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 45 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.