Alert archive / Iowa / 2002
Weather alerts in Iowa, July 2002
117 weather alerts in July 2002, 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 July 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 117
- Warnings
- 103
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 10, 200225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Sac | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Guthrie | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Warren | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Polk | 15 min |
| Jul 10, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 8:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Union | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright | 18 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 69 min |
| Jul 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 22 min |
| Jul 25, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Hancock, Howard and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 53 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 | 94 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Woodbury County12
- Monona County9
- Kossuth County9
- Palo Alto County9
- Buena Vista County8
- Plymouth County8
- Clay County8
- Fremont County8
- Ringgold County7
- Sac County7
- Ida County7
- Cherokee County7
- Dickinson County7
- Emmet County7
- Harrison County7
- Pottawattamie County7
- Mitchell County6
- Lyon County6
- Sioux County6
- Calhoun County6
- Guthrie County6
- Clarke County6
- Taylor County6
- Union County6
- Osceola County6
- Winnebago County6
- Page County6
- Webster County6
- Cedar County5
- Crawford County5
- Audubon County5
- Decatur County5
- Jasper County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Polk County5
- Warren County5
- Cerro Gordo County5
- Hancock County5
- Humboldt County5
59 more counties
- O'Brien County5
- Allamakee County5
- Johnson County4
- Greene County4
- Dallas County4
- Adair County4
- Adams County4
- Lucas County4
- Wayne County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Mills County4
- Montgomery County4
- Hamilton County4
- Howard County4
- Worth County4
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Story County3
- Carroll County3
- Boone County3
- Appanoose County3
- Cass County3
- Monroe County3
- Franklin County3
- Wright County3
- Dubuque County3
- Jones County3
- Shelby County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Jackson County2
- Benton County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Buchanan County2
- Delaware County2
- Grundy County2
- Hardin County2
- Iowa County2
- Linn County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marshall County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Tama County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Clinton County1
- Davis County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Keokuk County1
- Lee County1
- Louisa County1
- Van Buren County1
- Wapello County1
- Washington County1
- Des Moines 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.