Alert archive / Iowa / 2005
Weather alerts in Iowa, August 2005
66 weather alerts in August 2005, 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 66
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 1
- Busiest day
- August 9, 200520 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 3, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 24 more | 89 min |
| Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 20 min |
| Aug 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 7 more | 88 min |
| Aug 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 10:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 24 more | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 11:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 9 more | 95 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 16 more | 94 min |
| Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Ida and 8 more | 84 min |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery and 3 more | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 43 more | 93 min |
| Aug 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 10:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 3 more | 93 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 96 min |
| Aug 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Decatur, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and 1 more | 115 min |
| Aug 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 15 min |
| Aug 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 94 min |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke and 17 more | 117 min |
| Aug 21, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 22 min |
| Aug 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills | 113 min |
| Aug 28, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and 5 more | 84 min |
| Aug 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 4 more | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 68 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 | 39 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County10
- Plymouth County10
- Woodbury County10
- Pottawattamie County10
- Cedar County8
- Marion County8
- Clay County8
- Palo Alto County8
- Harrison County8
- Fremont County8
- Mills County8
- Page County8
- Union County8
- Clinton County7
- Jones County7
- Scott County7
- Dickinson County7
- Emmet County7
- Lyon County7
- O'Brien County7
- Ida County7
- Crawford County7
- Monona County7
- Shelby County7
- Audubon County7
- Cass County7
- Montgomery County7
- Ringgold County7
- Taylor County7
- Allamakee County6
- Dubuque County6
- Jackson County6
- Marshall County6
- Muscatine County6
- Sioux County6
- Buena Vista County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Carroll County6
- Adair County6
- Adams County6
58 more counties
- Clarke County6
- Decatur County6
- Buchanan County5
- Clayton County5
- Delaware County5
- Iowa County5
- Jasper County5
- Keokuk County5
- Louisa County5
- Mahaska County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Wapello County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Kossuth County5
- Osceola County5
- Sac County5
- Dallas County5
- Guthrie County5
- Madison County5
- Monroe County5
- Benton County4
- Bremer County4
- Fayette County4
- Jefferson County4
- Johnson County4
- Linn County4
- Tama County4
- Washington County4
- Greene County4
- Hardin County4
- Polk County4
- Story County4
- Lucas County4
- Warren County4
- Wayne County4
- Des Moines County4
- Black Hawk County3
- Calhoun County3
- Hancock County3
- Humboldt County3
- Worth County3
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Hamilton County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Webster County3
- Wright County3
- Boone County3
- Grundy County3
- Winnebago County2
- Butler County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County1
- Appanoose County1
- Davis 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.