Alert archive / Iowa / Mesoscale Discussions / 2003
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, July 2003
70 mesoscale discussions in July 2003. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in July 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 70
- Busiest day
- July 8, 200310 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more | 94 min |
| Jul 3, 11:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 36 more | 97 min |
| Jul 4, 12:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 24 more | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 14 more | 93 min |
| Jul 4, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry | 117 min |
| Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 20 more | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 68 more | 90 min |
| Jul 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 10 more | 89 min |
| Jul 5, 12:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Monona | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 37 more | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 93 min |
| Jul 5, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 30 more | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 28 more | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 2:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 49 more | 94 min |
| Jul 6, 4:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford and 12 more | 87 min |
| Jul 6, 5:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 118 min |
| Jul 6, 9:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Des Moines, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 117 min |
| Jul 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 35 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 62 more | 114 min |
| Jul 7, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 16 more | 95 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton and 5 more | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 6:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson and 5 more | 97 min |
| Jul 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Des Moines, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Cass and 31 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Clinton and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Mills and 5 more | 116 min |
| Jul 8, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 49 more | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 8:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 32 more | 115 min |
| Jul 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware and 17 more | 91 min |
| Jul 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 95 min |
| Jul 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 19 more | 92 min |
| Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lee, Ringgold, Taylor and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 50 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 47 more | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 61 more | 97 min |
| Jul 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 18 more | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 8:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 11 more | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 9:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw and 17 more | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 18 more | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 119 min |
| Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas and 7 more | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 11:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 22 more | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jefferson, Lucas and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson | 91 min |
| Jul 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Dallas, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 13 more | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Shelby and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 17 more | 91 min |
| Jul 20, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 17 more | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 8:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 38 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Scott | 91 min |
| Jul 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 11 more | 114 min |
| Jul 30, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton and 22 more | 113 min |
| Jul 31, 10:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 12 more | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dubuque County21
- Muscatine County21
- Black Hawk County20
- Benton County20
- Delaware County20
- Tama County20
- Des Moines County20
- Louisa County20
- Bremer County19
- Clayton County19
- Grundy County19
- Linn County19
- Scott County19
- Jefferson County19
- Poweshiek County19
- Washington County19
- Butler County18
- Buchanan County18
- Cedar County18
- Clinton County18
- Jackson County18
- Jones County18
- Henry County18
- Audubon County18
- Shelby County18
- Dallas County18
- Jasper County18
- Mahaska County18
- Marion County18
- Warren County18
- Chickasaw County17
- Crawford County17
- Fayette County17
- Adair County17
- Cass County17
- Guthrie County17
- Polk County17
- Madison County17
- Union County17
- Ida County16
59 more counties
- Pocahontas County16
- Harrison County16
- Johnson County16
- Keokuk County16
- Wapello County16
- Clarke County16
- Davis County16
- Lucas County16
- Woodbury County15
- Floyd County15
- Greene County15
- Monona County15
- Pottawattamie County15
- Iowa County15
- Appanoose County15
- Decatur County15
- Lee County15
- Monroe County15
- Ringgold County15
- Cherokee County14
- Clay County14
- Allamakee County14
- Boone County14
- Carroll County14
- Franklin County14
- Howard County14
- Kossuth County14
- Mitchell County14
- Palo Alto County14
- Story County14
- Webster County14
- Wright County14
- Hardin County14
- Adams County14
- Van Buren County14
- Wayne County14
- Buena Vista County13
- Plymouth County13
- Cerro Gordo County13
- Emmet County13
- Sac County13
- Taylor County13
- Montgomery County13
- Dickinson County12
- O'Brien County12
- Osceola County12
- Sioux County12
- Calhoun County12
- Humboldt County12
- Winneshiek County12
- Marshall County12
- Hamilton County11
- Worth County11
- Mills County11
- Page County11
- Lyon County10
- Winnebago County10
- Hancock County10
- Fremont County8
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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.