Alert archive / Iowa / 1993
Weather alerts in Iowa, August 1993
93 weather alerts in August 1993, 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 August 1993. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 93
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 18, 199318 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard, Mitchell | 68 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buchanan | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Linn | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Guthrie | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 116 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Page | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Monona | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Pocahontas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hardin | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Iowa | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Linn | 118 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Howard, Winneshiek | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 94 min |
| Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 90 min |
| Aug 17, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson, Linn | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Greene | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Guthrie | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Madison | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Mahaska | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay, Dickinson | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 4 hr |
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 | 52 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 38 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County7
- Chickasaw County5
- Linn County5
- Greene County5
- Guthrie County4
- Dallas County4
- Fremont County4
- Calhoun County3
- Iowa County3
- Adair County3
- Madison County3
- Page County3
- Jasper County3
- Marion County3
- Mahaska County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Fayette County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Howard County2
- Mitchell County2
- Jones County2
- Cedar County2
- Warren County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Hardin County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Scott County2
- Crawford County2
- Audubon County2
- Clarke County2
- Lucas County2
- Union County2
- Dubuque County1
- Buchanan County1
- Butler County1
- Cass County1
- Lee County1
- Monona County1
- Muscatine County1
21 more counties
- Clinton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Des Moines County1
- Louisa County1
- Johnson County1
- Shelby County1
- Carroll County1
- Sac County1
- Webster County1
- Boone County1
- Story County1
- Keokuk County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Marshall County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Emmet County1
- Kossuth 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.