Alert archive / Iowa / 1989
Weather alerts in Iowa, May 1989
84 weather alerts in May 1989, 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 May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 84
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 24, 198941 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 29 min |
| May 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 36 min |
| May 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 30 min |
| May 9, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Van Buren | 43 min |
| May 9, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry | 51 min |
| May 23, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 48 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 38 min |
| May 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 69 min |
| May 23, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 38 min |
| May 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dickinson | 41 min |
| May 23, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 38 min |
| May 23, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay | 41 min |
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 61 min |
| May 23, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 60 min |
| May 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac | 80 min |
| May 23, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 70 min |
| May 23, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida | 56 min |
| May 23, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 40 min |
| May 24, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 58 min |
| May 24, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 28 min |
| May 24, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 56 min |
| May 24, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 53 min |
| May 24, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 24, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 40 min |
| May 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 26 min |
| May 24, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Wapello | 29 min |
| May 24, 3:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Warren | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buchanan, Fayette | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 53 min |
| May 24, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Cass | 50 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 16 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 55 min |
| May 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hardin, Story | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 26 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Floyd, Howard | 60 min |
| May 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek | 29 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Benton, Iowa | 56 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 68 min |
| May 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 23 min |
| May 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 63 min |
| May 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson, Linn | 66 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Iowa | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 66 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Washington | 46 min |
| May 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Johnson, Washington | 23 min |
| May 24, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 26 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 18 min |
| May 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 59 min |
| May 28, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 58 min |
| May 30, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 41 min |
| May 30, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Chickasaw, Fayette | 44 min |
| May 30, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton | 61 min |
| May 30, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 57 min |
| May 30, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton | 61 min |
| May 30, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton | 65 min |
| May 30, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 40 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 65 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hardin | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy | 48 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 | 66 |
| Tornado Warning | 18 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County4
- Hardin County4
- Davis County3
- Osceola County3
- Jasper County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Fayette County3
- Adams County3
- Johnson County3
- Clayton County3
- Appanoose County2
- Calhoun County2
- Lyon County2
- Cherokee County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Sac County2
- Crawford County2
- Webster County2
- Ida County2
- Story County2
- Greene County2
- Guthrie County2
- Dallas County2
- Marion County2
- Mahaska County2
- Polk County2
- Warren County2
- Lucas County2
- Delaware County2
- Jones County2
- Union County2
- Hamilton County2
- Marshall County2
- Howard County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Iowa County2
- Washington County2
- Muscatine County2
- Bremer County2
37 more counties
- Grundy County2
- Kossuth County1
- Van Buren County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- O'Brien County1
- Dickinson County1
- Sioux County1
- Clay County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Boone County1
- Audubon County1
- Madison County1
- Keokuk County1
- Wapello County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Cass County1
- Ringgold County1
- Decatur County1
- Clarke County1
- Mitchell County1
- Tama County1
- Floyd County1
- Monroe County1
- Wayne County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Benton County1
- Linn County1
- Louisa County1
- Scott County1
- Woodbury County1
- Shelby County1
- Harrison County1
- Franklin County1
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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.