Alert archive / Iowa / Mesoscale Discussions / 2005
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, September 2005
31 mesoscale discussions in September 2005. 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 September 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 31
- Busiest day
- September 19, 20056 mesoscale discussions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 114 min |
| Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay and 16 more | 87 min |
| Sep 4, 2:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay and 21 more | 83 min |
| Sep 6, 11:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt and 6 more | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson and 13 more | 97 min |
| Sep 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 5 more | 95 min |
| Sep 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux and 1 more | 88 min |
| Sep 12, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux and 1 more | 84 min |
| Sep 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Worth | 56 min |
| Sep 13, 11:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 48 more | 116 min |
| Sep 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton and 8 more | 95 min |
| Sep 18, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 30 more | 97 min |
| Sep 18, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 73 more | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 62 more | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 10 more | 91 min |
| Sep 19, 1:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Chickasaw and 16 more | 86 min |
| Sep 19, 11:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 11 more | 86 min |
| Sep 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 87 min |
| Sep 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lyon | 96 min |
| Sep 24, 7:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 13 more | 94 min |
| Sep 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 2:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 90 min |
| Sep 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines and 14 more | 96 min |
| Sep 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Lee | 94 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lyon County12
- O'Brien County11
- Dickinson County10
- Osceola County10
- Clay County9
- Humboldt County9
- Wright County9
- Sioux County9
- Calhoun County9
- Emmet County8
- Cherokee County8
- Greene County8
- Des Moines County8
- Winneshiek County7
- Franklin County7
- Hancock County7
- Kossuth County7
- Palo Alto County7
- Winnebago County7
- Buena Vista County7
- Hamilton County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Webster County7
- Boone County7
- Polk County7
- Henry County7
- Wapello County7
- Washington County7
- Allamakee County6
- Bremer County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Fayette County6
- Carroll County6
- Crawford County6
- Ida County6
- Monona County6
- Sac County6
- Shelby County6
- Woodbury County6
59 more counties
- Hardin County6
- Story County6
- Jefferson County6
- Louisa County6
- Monroe County6
- Warren County6
- Lee County6
- Van Buren County6
- Plymouth County6
- Butler County5
- Clayton County5
- Floyd County5
- Howard County5
- Mitchell County5
- Worth County5
- Jasper County5
- Marshall County5
- Iowa County5
- Johnson County5
- Keokuk County5
- Muscatine County5
- Davis County5
- Adair County5
- Audubon County5
- Dallas County5
- Guthrie County5
- Madison County5
- Mahaska County4
- Marion County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Benton County4
- Buchanan County4
- Cass County4
- Harrison County4
- Appanoose County4
- Clarke County4
- Lucas County4
- Wayne County4
- Scott County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Cedar County3
- Delaware County3
- Dubuque County3
- Grundy County3
- Jackson County3
- Jones County3
- Linn County3
- Tama County3
- Adams County3
- Decatur County3
- Union County3
- Page County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Clinton County1
- Fremont 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.