Alert archive / Iowa / 2012
Weather alerts in Iowa, May 2012
334 weather alerts in May 2012, 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.
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- Alerts
- 334
- Warnings
- 214
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 4, 201269 alerts
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien and 4 more | 60 min |
| May 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Woodbury | 4 hr |
| May 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 94 min |
| May 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 34 min |
| May 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 33 min |
| May 1, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 36 min |
| May 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux | 30 min |
| May 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Buena Vista and 54 more | 7 hr |
| May 1, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 46 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 46 min |
| May 1, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson | 17 min |
| May 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 45 min |
| May 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 47 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 51 min |
| May 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 25 min |
| May 1, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 39 min |
| May 2, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 44 min |
| May 2, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Sac | 52 min |
| May 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 43 min |
| May 2, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 38 min |
| May 2, 1:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone | 36 min |
| May 2, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 30 min |
| May 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story, Webster | 48 min |
| May 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Polk, Story | 51 min |
| May 2, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 33 min |
| May 2, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Story | 28 min |
| May 2, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 52 min |
| May 2, 2:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 22 more | 58 min |
| May 2, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story | 41 min |
| May 2, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 35 min |
| May 2, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 15 min |
| May 2, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 38 min |
| May 2, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more | 86 min |
| May 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd | 12 hr |
| May 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 62 min |
| May 3, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 3, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| May 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Montgomery and 4 more | 85 min |
| May 3, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 31 min |
| May 3, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek | 34 min |
| May 3, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Howard, Winneshiek | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson and 18 more | 2 hr |
| May 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 21 min |
| May 3, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 42 min |
| May 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 44 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Fremont, Madison and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 4 hr |
| May 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 42 min |
| May 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 42 min |
| May 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 53 min |
| May 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 39 min |
| May 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 20 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 47 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Lee and 5 more | 63 min |
| May 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Cedar, Clarke and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 29 min |
| May 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 28 min |
| May 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 93 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Washington | 52 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 15 min |
| May 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Washington | 33 min |
| May 3, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 38 min |
| May 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 35 min |
| May 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 32 min |
| May 3, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 31 min |
| May 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 17 min |
| May 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 43 min |
| May 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 3, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 3, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 38 min |
| May 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 3, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Cedar, Clarke and 23 more | 27 min |
| May 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 8 more | 9 hr |
| May 3, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 4 more | 9 hr |
| May 4, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 24 min |
| May 4, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Union | 51 min |
| May 4, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 4, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 9 more | 119 min |
| May 4, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 38 min |
| May 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 9 hr |
| May 4, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Monroe | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 4 hr |
| May 4, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 49 min |
| May 4, 6:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 4 hr |
| May 4, 11:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 71 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 7 more | 25 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay and 23 more | 9 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 30 min |
| May 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 31 min |
| May 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 11 hr |
| May 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 17 more | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 29 min |
| May 4, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 min |
| May 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 38 min |
| May 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| May 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 29 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 46 min |
| May 4, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago | 49 min |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 17 min |
| May 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 66 more | 29 min |
| May 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 35 min |
| May 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 15 min |
| May 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 60 min |
| May 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 22 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 55 min |
| May 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 23 min |
| May 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard | 45 min |
| May 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 35 min |
| May 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 58 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 10 more | 60 min |
| May 4, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 36 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona and 5 more | 96 min |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 16 min |
| May 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 48 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 33 min |
| May 5, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 7 hr |
| May 5, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Emmet, Fayette and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 33 min |
| May 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 8 more | 96 min |
| May 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 32 min |
| May 5, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Winnebago, Worth | 66 min |
| May 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Kossuth, Mitchell and 3 more | 62 min |
| May 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 13 hr |
| May 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 59 min |
| May 5, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 8 more | 83 min |
| May 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bremer, Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette and 1 more | 94 min |
| May 5, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon | 6 hr |
| May 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 89 min |
| May 6, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 35 min |
| May 6, 2:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson and 17 more | 63 min |
| May 6, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 20 min |
| May 6, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 16 hr |
| May 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 43 min |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 4 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 7 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 7 days |
| May 6, 4:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie and 8 more | 2 hr |
| May 6, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 6, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 53 min |
| May 6, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 45 min |
| May 6, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 25 min |
| May 6, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 22 min |
| May 6, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 31 min |
| May 6, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 46 min |
| May 6, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 48 min |
| May 6, 8:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more | 65 min |
| May 6, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 42 min |
| May 6, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 48 min |
| May 6, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 60 hr |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 hr |
| May 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 7 hr |
| May 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 64 min |
| May 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 60 min |
| May 6, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 63 min |
| May 15, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa and 12 more | 54 min |
| May 15, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jones, Linn | 53 min |
| May 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 62 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and 2 more | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 4 more | 49 min |
| May 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa and 3 more | 30 min |
| May 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 31 min |
| May 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 40 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington | 30 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 27 min |
| May 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 18 min |
| May 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie | 84 min |
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 7 hr |
| May 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Harrison, Ida and 10 more | 64 min |
| May 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 38 min |
| May 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 13 more | 64 min |
| May 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 31 min |
| May 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 15 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Sac | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 51 min |
| May 19, 9:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mills, Pottawattamie | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth | 37 min |
| May 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| May 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 20 more | 57 min |
| May 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| May 23, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| May 23, 10:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida | 6 hr |
| May 23, 10:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 10:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 30 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Harrison and 11 more | 94 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 35 min |
| May 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 28 min |
| May 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson and 11 more | 86 min |
| May 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 23 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 49 min |
| May 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 27 min |
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Sac | 49 min |
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 40 min |
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 45 min |
| May 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 36 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 32 min |
| May 23, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 39 min |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 23 more | 94 min |
| May 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more | 16 hr |
| May 24, 3:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 16 hr |
| May 24, 6:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton and 8 more | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 12 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 69 hr |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 10 more | 116 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 38 more | 114 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Hardin | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 39 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 49 min |
| May 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 19 min |
| May 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 50 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar and 24 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 39 min |
| May 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 43 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 27 min |
| May 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Story | 28 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 26 min |
| May 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 30 more | 88 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 23 min |
| May 25, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 44 min |
| May 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 52 min |
| May 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 58 min |
| May 26, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 57 min |
| May 26, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 63 min |
| May 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 44 more | 89 min |
| May 26, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 39 min |
| May 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 40 min |
| May 26, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 113 min |
| May 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 59 min |
| May 26, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 41 min |
| May 26, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 20 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Monona | 21 hr |
| May 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet and 13 more | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet and 12 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 5 days |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 6 days |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux | 7 hr |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux | 29 min |
| May 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 7 hr |
| May 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 36 min |
| May 27, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 10 min |
| May 27, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 5 more | 84 min |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 52 hr |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 71 hr |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 8 days |
| May 28, 5:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 9 days |
| May 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clayton, Dubuque | 60 min |
| May 28, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clayton | 7 hr |
| May 28, 1:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 9 days |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 59 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Lee, Scott | 91 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 36 min |
| May 29, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 6 days |
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 | 165 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 20 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 49 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 13 |
| River Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County52
- Sioux County48
- Plymouth County46
- Cherokee County43
- Lyon County42
- O'Brien County42
- Woodbury County40
- Monona County40
- Buena Vista County38
- Ida County38
- Dickinson County34
- Kossuth County32
- Osceola County31
- Harrison County31
- Pottawattamie County31
- Louisa County30
- Emmet County29
- Sac County28
- Muscatine County28
- Scott County28
- Crawford County27
- Cedar County27
- Palo Alto County26
- Washington County24
- Shelby County23
- Lee County23
- Carroll County22
- Pocahontas County22
- Mills County21
- Henry County21
- Keokuk County21
- Calhoun County20
- Humboldt County20
- Clinton County19
- Johnson County19
- Des Moines County19
- Jefferson County19
- Linn County19
- Van Buren County18
- Delaware County18
59 more counties
- Adair County17
- Cass County17
- Cerro Gordo County17
- Guthrie County17
- Marion County17
- Winnebago County17
- Floyd County17
- Clayton County17
- Ringgold County17
- Benton County17
- Adams County16
- Audubon County16
- Mahaska County16
- Dubuque County16
- Jones County16
- Taylor County16
- Buchanan County16
- Black Hawk County15
- Fremont County15
- Grundy County15
- Hancock County15
- Madison County15
- Montgomery County15
- Story County15
- Webster County15
- Chickasaw County15
- Mitchell County15
- Jackson County15
- Iowa County15
- Boone County14
- Jasper County14
- Poweshiek County14
- Union County14
- Worth County14
- Bremer County14
- Butler County14
- Howard County14
- Fayette County14
- Winneshiek County14
- Clarke County13
- Dallas County13
- Franklin County13
- Greene County13
- Hardin County13
- Monroe County13
- Polk County13
- Wright County13
- Allamakee County13
- Decatur County13
- Hamilton County12
- Marshall County12
- Warren County12
- Page County12
- Lucas County11
- Tama County11
- Wapello County11
- Appanoose County11
- Wayne County11
- Davis County9
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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.