Alert archive / Iowa / 2003
Weather alerts in Iowa, June 2003
147 weather alerts in June 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 June 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 147
- Warnings
- 98
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- June 24, 200345 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Guthrie, Story | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Hamilton, Hardin, Polk, Story | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Lyon, Monona and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monona | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monona, Woodbury | 113 min |
| Jun 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 9:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 32 more | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 8 min |
| Jun 9, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 16 more | 115 min |
| Jun 9, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 119 min |
| Jun 9, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 2:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Ringgold and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Benton, Buchanan, Cass, Cedar and 33 more | 95 min |
| Jun 18, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 7 more | 117 min |
| Jun 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 9:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Harrison and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 28 more | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Humboldt, Ida and 9 more | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plymouth | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 22 min |
| Jun 23, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Webster | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Webster | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Plymouth | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and 12 more | 96 min |
| Jun 24, 11:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie and 6 more | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lyon, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 93 min |
| Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 12:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Crawford and 12 more | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 24 more | 114 min |
| Jun 25, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 11:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Clay, Emmet, Greene and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines and 18 more | 115 min |
| Jun 25, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and 24 more | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and 5 more | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 10:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor | 84 min |
| Jun 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper and 6 more | 2 hr |
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 | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Woodbury County21
- Cherokee County18
- Lyon County18
- Sioux County18
- Pottawattamie County18
- Monona County17
- Ida County16
- O'Brien County16
- Osceola County16
- Plymouth County16
- Crawford County14
- Mills County14
- Shelby County13
- Cass County13
- Fremont County13
- Greene County13
- Sac County13
- Webster County13
- Buena Vista County13
- Harrison County12
- Montgomery County12
- Calhoun County12
- Pocahontas County12
- Boone County11
- Guthrie County11
- Carroll County11
- Palo Alto County11
- Polk County10
- Adams County10
- Mahaska County10
- Monroe County10
- Page County10
- Wapello County10
- Warren County10
- Clay County10
- Humboldt County10
- Dallas County9
- Story County9
- Hamilton County9
- Adair County9
59 more counties
- Lucas County9
- Marion County9
- Ringgold County9
- Kossuth County9
- Audubon County8
- Decatur County8
- Madison County8
- Poweshiek County8
- Taylor County8
- Union County8
- Wayne County8
- Iowa County8
- Johnson County8
- Linn County8
- Dickinson County8
- Cerro Gordo County8
- Floyd County8
- Hancock County8
- Mitchell County8
- Winnebago County8
- Worth County8
- Wright County8
- Hardin County7
- Jasper County7
- Appanoose County7
- Keokuk County7
- Washington County7
- Delaware County7
- Dubuque County7
- Jones County7
- Franklin County7
- Emmet County7
- Butler County7
- Clayton County7
- Howard County7
- Louisa County6
- Clarke County6
- Davis County6
- Jefferson County6
- Grundy County6
- Buchanan County6
- Cedar County6
- Muscatine County6
- Allamakee County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Benton County5
- Clinton County5
- Des Moines County5
- Henry County5
- Jackson County5
- Scott County5
- Black Hawk County5
- Bremer County5
- Van Buren County4
- Marshall County4
- Tama County4
- Fayette County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Lee County4
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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.