Weather alerts in Iowa, 1988
130 weather alerts in 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 130
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May59 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198849 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Mar 24, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 19 min |
| Mar 24, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Tama | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 69 min |
| Apr 2, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 43 min |
| May 7, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Sac | 25 min |
| May 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 40 min |
| May 7, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 35 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 20 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 26 min |
| May 7, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| May 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 8, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 56 min |
| May 8, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 38 min |
| May 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 53 min |
| May 8, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 37 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 33 min |
| May 8, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 34 min |
| May 8, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 52 min |
| May 8, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Warren | 70 min |
| May 8, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 61 min |
| May 8, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 29 min |
| May 8, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 45 min |
| May 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 65 min |
| May 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 41 min |
| May 8, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 50 min |
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Warren | 47 min |
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 62 min |
| May 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 36 min |
| May 8, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 27 min |
| May 8, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Iowa, Poweshiek | 29 min |
| May 8, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Mahaska | 49 min |
| May 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buchanan, Fayette | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Iowa | 30 min |
| May 8, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Johnson | 40 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Washington | 30 min |
| May 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 34 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 42 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 63 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 69 min |
| May 20, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 22 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dickinson | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Greene | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 15 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas, Webster | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Monona | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 68 min |
| Aug 22, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Union | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 69 min |
| Sep 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Polk | 56 min |
| Oct 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 30 min |
| Oct 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Monroe | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 9:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware | 22 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 108 |
| Tornado Warning | 22 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County12
- Cedar County8
- Mills County7
- Crawford County6
- Scott County6
- Poweshiek County5
- Muscatine County5
- Clinton County5
- Woodbury County5
- Linn County5
- Warren County4
- Jasper County4
- Benton County4
- Tama County4
- Marion County4
- Sac County4
- Clarke County4
- Harrison County3
- Calhoun County3
- Sioux County3
- Lucas County3
- Jones County3
- Delaware County3
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Humboldt County2
- O'Brien County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Madison County2
- Polk County2
- Iowa County2
- Mahaska County2
- Louisa County2
- Dubuque County2
- Montgomery County2
- Cass County2
- Adair County2
- Page County2
36 more counties
- Ida County2
- Carroll County2
- Union County2
- Webster County2
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Jackson County1
- Emmet County1
- Lyon County1
- Osceola County1
- Franklin County1
- Marshall County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Keokuk County1
- Buchanan County1
- Fayette County1
- Johnson County1
- Washington County1
- Clayton County1
- Henry County1
- Dickinson County1
- Guthrie County1
- Grundy County1
- Fremont County1
- Greene County1
- Audubon County1
- Appanoose County1
- Wayne County1
- Cherokee County1
- Plymouth County1
- Monona County1
- Decatur County1
- Boone County1
- Monroe County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.