Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 600
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 27, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT for 30 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jones County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and 24 more | 91 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.