Alert archive / Iowa / 2000
Weather alerts in Iowa, August 2000
89 weather alerts in August 2000, 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 89
- Warnings
- 77
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 8, 200022 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 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 77 min |
| Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 77 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Sac | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Iowa and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 18 min |
| Aug 12, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 18 min |
| Aug 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 18 min |
| Aug 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jasper and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 39 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 | 72 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buena Vista County12
- Cherokee County10
- Sioux County9
- Clay County9
- O'Brien County8
- Plymouth County8
- Mitchell County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Worth County7
- Palo Alto County7
- Allamakee County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Howard County6
- Lyon County6
- Chickasaw County5
- Delaware County5
- Fayette County5
- Floyd County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Tama County5
- Emmet County5
- Monroe County5
- Iowa County5
- Keokuk County5
- Benton County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Bremer County4
- Buchanan County4
- Butler County4
- Clayton County4
- Franklin County4
- Grundy County4
- Hancock County4
- Jasper County4
- Kossuth County4
- Marshall County4
- Winnebago County4
- Carroll County4
- Greene County4
- Mahaska County4
59 more counties
- Shelby County4
- Wapello County4
- Des Moines County4
- Henry County4
- Lee County4
- Louisa County4
- Van Buren County4
- Washington County4
- Hardin County3
- Humboldt County3
- Story County3
- Wright County3
- Dubuque County3
- Woodbury County3
- Monona County3
- Harrison County3
- Adair County3
- Appanoose County3
- Cass County3
- Crawford County3
- Lucas County3
- Marion County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Sac County3
- Warren County3
- Wayne County3
- Jones County3
- Cedar County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Muscatine County3
- Davis County3
- Dickinson County3
- Osceola County3
- Hamilton County2
- Adams County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clarke County2
- Decatur County2
- Polk County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Webster County2
- Linn County2
- Clinton County2
- Jackson County2
- Scott County2
- Audubon County1
- Boone County1
- Dallas County1
- Fremont County1
- Guthrie County1
- Madison County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Ida 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.