Alert archive / Iowa / 1996
Weather alerts in Iowa, May 1996
105 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 105
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 9, 199630 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 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 34 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Union | 27 min |
| May 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 34 min |
| May 8, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 8, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 53 min |
| May 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 37 min |
| May 8, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Union | 31 min |
| May 8, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 31 min |
| May 8, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 40 min |
| May 8, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 29 min |
| May 8, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 68 min |
| May 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 35 min |
| May 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 4 hr |
| May 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 60 min |
| May 9, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| May 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 56 min |
| May 9, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 32 min |
| May 9, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 33 min |
| May 9, 6:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 9, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 34 min |
| May 9, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 69 min |
| May 9, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 40 min |
| May 9, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 47 min |
| May 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 25 min |
| May 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Washington | 67 min |
| May 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Washington | 5 hr |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 59 min |
| May 9, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 8 hr |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Washington | 8 hr |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 8 hr |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar | 8 hr |
| May 10, 2:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 54 min |
| May 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 67 min |
| May 16, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 62 min |
| May 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| May 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 34 min |
| May 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 30 min |
| May 17, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 38 min |
| May 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 33 min |
| May 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 35 min |
| May 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 29 min |
| May 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 49 min |
| May 17, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 32 min |
| May 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 30 min |
| May 17, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 35 min |
| May 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Floyd | 44 min |
| May 18, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 32 min |
| May 18, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Howard | 46 min |
| May 18, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 39 min |
| May 18, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 27 min |
| May 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 30 min |
| May 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 22 min |
| May 19, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 69 min |
| May 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 22, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 62 min |
| May 23, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 54 min |
| May 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 24, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 62 min |
| May 24, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 55 min |
| May 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 24, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Washington | 66 min |
| May 24, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 36 min |
| May 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 57 min |
| May 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 68 min |
| May 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 45 min |
| May 24, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 25 min |
| May 27, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 29 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 | 87 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County7
- Page County5
- Mahaska County5
- Decatur County4
- Washington County4
- Union County3
- Mills County3
- Montgomery County3
- Fremont County3
- Van Buren County3
- Lee County3
- Wayne County3
- Louisa County3
- Scott County3
- Sioux County3
- Marion County3
- Keokuk County3
- Adams County2
- Ringgold County2
- Davis County2
- Des Moines County2
- Harrison County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Osceola County2
- Webster County2
- Howard County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Lyon County2
- Marshall County2
- Benton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Adair County1
- Dallas County1
- Polk County1
- Warren County1
- Clarke County1
- Lucas County1
- Appanoose County1
- Monroe County1
27 more counties
- Muscatine County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Crawford County1
- O'Brien County1
- Audubon County1
- Dickinson County1
- Woodbury County1
- Sac County1
- Calhoun County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wright County1
- Franklin County1
- Floyd County1
- Butler County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Kossuth County1
- Bremer County1
- Fayette County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Buchanan County1
- Tama County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson 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.