Alert archive / Iowa / 2002
Weather alerts in Iowa, May 2002
103 weather alerts in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 103
- Warnings
- 89
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 6, 200234 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 1, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 41 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Lyon, Osceola, Winnebago and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Ida, Osceola | 27 min |
| May 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 32 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 21 min |
| May 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 49 min |
| May 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 32 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 51 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Ida | 43 min |
| May 5, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 39 min |
| May 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 23 min |
| May 5, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 52 min |
| May 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 22 min |
| May 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 54 min |
| May 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 64 min |
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 28 min |
| May 5, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 27 min |
| May 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 35 min |
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 40 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 16 min |
| May 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 54 min |
| May 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 39 min |
| May 6, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| May 6, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 23 min |
| May 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| May 8, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 44 min |
| May 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Boone, Clarke and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 5 hr |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 63 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 59 min |
| May 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 48 min |
| May 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 41 min |
| May 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Warren | 39 min |
| May 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 53 min |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 65 min |
| May 8, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 59 min |
| May 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 49 min |
| May 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 39 min |
| May 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 36 min |
| May 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 68 min |
| May 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 60 min |
| May 8, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 11, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 5 hr |
| May 12, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 8 hr |
| May 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 41 min |
| May 13, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 41 min |
| May 16, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Woodbury | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mills | 6 hr |
| May 27, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Woodbury | 5 hr |
| May 28, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 23 min |
| May 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 54 min |
| May 28, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 40 min |
| May 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 39 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 33 min |
| May 29, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 20 min |
| May 29, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 95 min |
| May 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 93 min |
| May 29, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 18 hr |
| May 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 30, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 65 min |
| May 30, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson | 23 min |
| May 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 32 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 | 70 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Woodbury County8
- Winneshiek County8
- Pottawattamie County7
- Howard County7
- Allamakee County7
- Black Hawk County6
- Mahaska County6
- Ida County5
- Monona County5
- Bremer County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Marion County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Tama County5
- Taylor County5
- Crawford County4
- Dickinson County4
- Emmet County4
- Harrison County4
- Sac County4
- Shelby County4
- Audubon County4
- Dallas County4
- Decatur County4
- Floyd County4
- Jasper County4
- Mitchell County4
- Page County4
- Ringgold County4
- Story County4
- Warren County4
- Wayne County4
- Buchanan County4
- Clayton County4
- Fayette County4
- Clinton County4
- Dubuque County4
- Jackson County4
- Johnson County4
- Linn County4
59 more counties
- Buena Vista County3
- Clay County3
- Osceola County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Plymouth County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Fremont County3
- Mills County3
- Adams County3
- Butler County3
- Clarke County3
- Greene County3
- Grundy County3
- Hardin County3
- Lucas County3
- Marshall County3
- Monroe County3
- Benton County3
- Cedar County3
- Delaware County3
- Iowa County3
- Jones County3
- Keokuk County3
- Lee County3
- Des Moines County2
- Cherokee County2
- Lyon County2
- Cass County2
- Adair County2
- Appanoose County2
- Boone County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Franklin County2
- Guthrie County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hancock County2
- Kossuth County2
- Madison County2
- Polk County2
- Union County2
- Wright County2
- Scott County2
- O'Brien County1
- Sioux County1
- Humboldt County1
- Montgomery County1
- Webster County1
- Davis County1
- Wapello County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Van Buren County1
- Washington 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.