Alert archive / Iowa / 2008
Weather alerts in Iowa, August 2008
85 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 59
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 4, 200819 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 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 63 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 20 more | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 32 more | 39 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bremer, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 6 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette, Winneshiek | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 4 more | 84 min |
| Aug 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Scott | 90 min |
| Aug 5, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 15 more | 97 min |
| Aug 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 74 min |
| Aug 5, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 22 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 7:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 2:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Clarke, Davis and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Hamilton, Sac and 1 more | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin, Story | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 22 min |
| Aug 27, 4:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 37 more | 95 min |
| Aug 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 6 more | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 44 more | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 7 more | 87 min |
| Aug 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Lyon | 15 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 | 56 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Woodbury County12
- Plymouth County11
- Dickinson County11
- Jones County11
- Jackson County11
- Clay County10
- Clinton County10
- Louisa County10
- Muscatine County10
- Washington County10
- Cherokee County9
- Lyon County9
- O'Brien County9
- Sioux County8
- Buena Vista County8
- Delaware County8
- Kossuth County8
- Linn County8
- Humboldt County8
- Dubuque County8
- Keokuk County8
- Scott County8
- Monona County7
- Osceola County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Palo Alto County7
- Des Moines County7
- Henry County7
- Cedar County7
- Buchanan County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Franklin County6
- Hamilton County6
- Hancock County6
- Carroll County6
- Jasper County6
- Polk County6
- Wapello County6
- Webster County6
- Jefferson County6
58 more counties
- Ida County5
- Benton County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Emmet County5
- Floyd County5
- Hardin County5
- Howard County5
- Mitchell County5
- Winnebago County5
- Wright County5
- Appanoose County5
- Calhoun County5
- Dallas County5
- Greene County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Sac County5
- Story County5
- Iowa County5
- Johnson County5
- Lee County5
- Harrison County4
- Shelby County4
- Bremer County4
- Marshall County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Worth County4
- Audubon County4
- Boone County4
- Crawford County4
- Davis County4
- Guthrie County4
- Mahaska County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Warren County4
- Wayne County4
- Van Buren County4
- Fremont County3
- Mills County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Butler County3
- Fayette County3
- Grundy County3
- Tama County3
- Cass County3
- Clarke County3
- Decatur County3
- Lucas County3
- Ringgold County3
- Taylor County3
- Union County3
- Page County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Allamakee County2
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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.