Alert archive / Iowa / 2003
Weather alerts in Iowa, April 2003
71 weather alerts in April 2003, 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 April 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 71
- Warnings
- 46
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 30, 200354 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Fremont and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Decatur, Monroe, Ringgold, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Page and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Page and 3 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 1:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 7:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 86 min |
| Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmet, Winnebago, Worth | 86 min |
| Apr 18, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont | 90 min |
| Apr 18, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Pottawattamie, Sac and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Page, Taylor | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 24 more | 87 min |
| Apr 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Pottawattamie, Sac and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 12:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Scott | 116 min |
| Apr 30, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Page and 3 more | 116 min |
| Apr 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton, Davis, Decatur and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 48 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 | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County11
- Page County10
- Decatur County9
- Lucas County9
- Ringgold County9
- Taylor County9
- Harrison County9
- Louisa County9
- Wayne County8
- Crawford County8
- Monona County8
- Shelby County8
- Appanoose County7
- Fremont County7
- Mahaska County6
- Marion County6
- Audubon County6
- Carroll County6
- Mills County6
- Pottawattamie County6
- Polk County6
- Des Moines County6
- Scott County6
- Clarke County5
- Wapello County5
- Boone County5
- Greene County5
- Guthrie County5
- Adair County5
- Cass County5
- Dallas County5
- Madison County5
- Henry County5
- Adams County4
- Union County4
- Warren County4
- Ida County4
- Sac County4
- Story County4
- Woodbury County4
56 more counties
- Jefferson County4
- Muscatine County4
- Osceola County3
- Plymouth County3
- Sioux County3
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Jackson County3
- Jones County3
- Washington County3
- Montgomery County3
- Lee County3
- Davis County2
- Benton County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Bremer County2
- Calhoun County2
- Emmet County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Marshall County2
- Tama County2
- Webster County2
- Lyon County2
- Jasper County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Johnson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Butler County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Cherokee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Grundy County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Kossuth County1
- O'Brien County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Wright County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Buchanan County1
- Delaware County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Van Buren 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.